National Children and Youth Gardening at CCG

This past weekend the Camden Children's Garden played host to a number of visitors. From their report:

The visitors came from as far away as New Zealand and as close as New Jersey.

But in their admiration for the Camden Children’s Garden, they all came from the same place.

About 330 participants in the 16th annual National Children and Youth Gardening Symposium of the American Horticultural Society (AHS) toured the Children’s Garden on Saturday, July 26. It was the closing day of the conference, which was co-hosted by the Children’s Garden, Longwood Gardens, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

“We were thrilled to be able to give people from all over the country who love youth gardening the chance to see what we’re doing here in Camden - especially with our youth employment and job training program,” said Michael Devlin, executive director of the Children’s Garden. He and his wife Valerie Frick co-founded the nonprofit Camden City Garden Club in 1985, and the club opened the Children’s Garden on the Camden Waterfront in 1999.