Friends group
Roots Garden Friends Group
Also called: Fisher Park
Neighbors who tend the Roots Garden, a community garden inside Fisher Park in Olney. Older sources describe residents nurturing it for decades, but we could not confirm what it does today.
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What they do
Older sources describe volunteer work days on the third Saturday of each month, when people clean litter, plant, and care for the garden and the park's trees. Confirm before you come, since we could not verify these still run.
Who it is for
- Who can join
- Open to anyone
- Who is there
- Neighbors
When and where
Older sources describe work days on the third Saturday of each month. We could not confirm the current schedule.
Roots Garden in Fisher Park
- Address
- 572 W Spencer St
- Part of the city
- Upper North
What we know so far
First step: Email the group at the address on the City's Park Friends list and ask when the next garden work day is. If there is no reply, email Parks and Recreation's stewardship office (pprstewardship@phila.gov) and ask to be connected with this Friends group..
We have not written a first visit guide for this group yet. Not sure what to expect? Contact them before you go.
Cost and commitment
- Cost
- Cost not known yet
Access and languages
- Wheelchair access
- We do not know yet. Ask the group before you go.
- Languages spoken
- We do not know yet which languages are spoken.
Requirements
We found no special requirements. Ask the group if you are not sure.
How to reach them
We copy contact details as the group or a public source published them. Each one shows where it came from.
- Email: olneyrootsgardenoffisherpark@gmail.com Source: PPR Friends Groups (City of Philadelphia), seen October 8, 2026
Sources and last check
Checked by our research team on October 8, 2026. This was a basic check: we confirmed the group is active and open to join.
- Last seen active
- October 2026 (See the evidence)
- Last checked by our team
- October 8, 2026
- Status
- Active
- Our confidence in this listing
- Low
- PPR Friends Groups (City of Philadelphia), seen October 8, 2026. Supports: Name, Location, Email
- phillycommunitygardensmemory.omeka.net, seen October 8, 2026. Supports: Summary
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