Do you or your neighbor have a green thumb? The FNA Beautification committee will be sponsoring a Container garden competition beginning May 15th! It is free to submit an entry. City Planters, Greensgrow Farms, New Kensington Community Development Center, and other garden centers are sponsoring the event by giving gift certificates to the finalists. The rules are simple…The owner of the container garden must live in Fishtown [FNA Boundaries as defined by the by-laws are as follows: Delaware River to Laurel Street, Laurel to Front Street, Front to Norris Street, Norris to Trenton Avenue, Trenton to Frankford Avenue, Frankford to York Street, York to the Delaware River]. The container must be at least the size of a window box and no bigger than a bath tub. There are 2 divisions – “Window Box” Gardeners and “Container / Street Planter” Gardeners – with a 1st and 2nd place prize being awarded in each division. You can enter yourself or one of your neighbors by mailing your name, phone number, the address of garden, the gardener’s name and the division you wish to enter by June 12th to: Fishtown Neighbors Association; PO Box 29292; Philadelphia, PA 19125 or email the entry to: fnabeautification@yahoo.com or fna@fishtownlife.com

Please be sure to include “FNA Planter Contest” in the subject of the email or on the envelope if submitting by mail. An FNA member will contact the entrant to photograph the garden for judging. Winners will be announced during the June FNA General Membership meeting on June 19th; 7:00pm at the Fishtown Rec Center (1201 E. Montgomery Ave.) Thanks and Happy Planting!!!

what a neat idea!!! does northern liberties have anything similar? some of my randolph street neighbors have some gorgeous windowboxes. dare i say we're one of the greenest streets in the neighborhood...