Trellis In The News
FEATURE: Trellis for Tomorrow: Planting Gardens, Growing Food & Strengthening Communities
by Emily Kovach Originally published by PA Eats, May 2023. Find the original article here. It’s well-documented that planting and tending to gardens can make you happy (or, at least, according to the Mayo Clinic, lower stress and boost mood). Growing food is also an...
Trellis’s own David Ryle was a guest on the Philly Maker Faire Podcast on May 5, 2022
https://open.spotify.com/episode/23L7sfkh3OCJQ2a0ipdjYb?si=XSZVxo9BTRC_RAqdLRkwKg This week we’re chatting with David Ryle from Trellis for Tomorrow. They deliver programs in organic gardening, environmental education, and food security that provide practical life...
Mantua: Community Garden Aims to Address Food Insecurity
DUG volunteers organize materials and package excess produce at a garden day on October 23. (Alesia Bani/PN) By Alesia Bani, Philadelphia Neighborhoods The community garden at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships has been working to engage people in the...
Working (and volunteering) from home: Vanguard’s “Homegrown Heroes”
By Jay W., Vanguard Careers Blog Philly summers can be downright oppressive when the temperature and humidity start their annual ascent, but this is the time when our community garden volunteers shine! Year after year they return to the beds to nurture their...
Trellis For Tomorrow making an impact on families
by Richard Graw, Chester County Press For as many pounds of fresh produce that Trellis For Tomorrow grows and donates on a yearly basis throughout Chester County – in 2019, the number totaled more than 30,000 -- there seems to be an equal amount of pathways that have...
Kids learn life lessons beyond stewardship of the land.
by Kristin Werner, County Lines Magazine A battered window air-conditioner labors noisily to pump cool air into Bob Steininger’s office, a small room in a brick building that was once a Catholic elementary school in Phoenixville. It’s been a hot, sticky summer...
Pantries, businesses among those that benefit from Trellis for Tomorrow
by Gary Puleo, Times Herald When you think of a trellis, you may conjure up pastoral visions of fragrant wisteria or climbing roses in full summer bloom. Back in 2003 the founders of a growing nonprofit also had a vision inspired by the homespun symbolism of the...
Natural Lands, Trellis For Tomorrow Partner On Youth Outdoor Stewardship Program In Chester County
On October 19, Natural Lands and Trellis for Tomorrow announced they are partnering together on a program that introduces Chester County youth who have faced social and economic disadvantages to real-world career opportunities in caring for nature. The program--...
Going Outside to Look Inward
Nonprofit organizations Natural Lands and Trellis for Tomorrow are partnering together on a program that introduces Chester County youth who have faced social and economic disadvantages to real-world career opportunities in caring for nature. The program—called Youth...