img0Garden Dreams Urban Farm & Nursery

Welcome to the 2012 growing season!!  We’re open… see our hours below!!

Check out our Facebook Page

We’re looking forward to seeing you!

 

Google Map of our Location

 

Garden Dreams is a small urban farm in Wilkinsburg.  We sell high quality vegetable,

herb and flower seedlings grown using organic methods.  Heirloom tomatoes, sweet & hot

peppers, eggplants and basil are our passion and specialty.  We offer an amazing variety of each. 

For years we have been Certified Naturally Grown.  Recently, we’ve decided we’re going to

become certified organic.  Our farm is built on two vacant lots that, prior to being reclaimed,

consisted of derelict and abandoned houses.

 

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2012 Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant & Basil Seedling Catalog (Yeah!!)

2012 Herb, Vegetable and Flower Seedling Catalog

2012 Organic Gardening Supplies Catalog (coming soon)

Info on how best to grow tomatoes!

 

Current Availability as of Tuesday, May 15th

(click the links for the latest list… updated every Tuesday by midnight)

 

Basils    Eggplants    Fruits    Herbs    Flowers    Peppers    Tomatoes   Vegetables

 

This year we also have asparagus crowns (Jersey Supreme and Purple Passion) and certified organic

seed potatoes (Nicola – a mid season yellow variety and Cheiftan – an early season red variety).

 

Additional Items we Have

Seed Garlic - Certified Organic German Extra Hardy (late summer)

Tomato Cages – get prepared for next year now

Compost and Leaf Mulch - you fill bags… stuff ‘em as full as you can!

Native Plants – from Audubon’s Native Plant Nursery at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve

Seedlings for Fall Gardening - coming soon

 

Additional Services we Provide

Consult with you about your garden.

Help you clean up and put your garden to bed this fall.

Speak at your garden club or organization.

Free gardening advice… to the best of our ability of course!

A nice place to hang out and the opportunity to buy local!

 

Our Farm Stand

We’re very happy to sell our produce to our Hamnett Place neighborhood on Saturday mornings as availability permits.

We also sell our produce to a number of local restaurants.

 

We’re open to the public… Spring season 2012 Hours

Wednesday 10am – 6pm

Thursday 10am – 6pm

Friday 10am – 6pm

Saturday 9am – 6pm

Sunday 9am – 6pm (NEW!)

Accepting cash, check and credit (NEW!)

 

Directions: Coming on Penn Ave from Pittsburgh make a right onto Center Street…

Cross Ross, South, Franklin and Rebecca then make a left onto Holland Ave…

You’ll immediately see a long wooden fence on the right hand side.

Coming on Penn Ave from Forest Hills… make a left on Center Street and follow directions above.

 

We start tens of thousands of seedlings in our basement greenhouse every year!!

Additionally, we also work with other local farmers and organizations including: Blackberry Meadows Farm,

Wilmington Gardens, Pucker Brush Farm, Grow Pittsburgh, and Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania.

 

In addition to our urban farm, our seedlings are also available at: the East End Food Co-op (North Point Breeze),

 McGinnis Sisters, Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, The Conservatory (Laughlintown, PA), Whole Food Market (Pittsburgh),

Whole Foods Market (Wexford), Giant Eagle Market Districts, Construction Junction (North Point Breeze… very close to the Co-op)

and our latest location… Rollier’s Hardware (Mt. Lebanon).

And, as we have done since our very beginning, you’ll be able to find us at May Market at the Phipps Conservatory.

Blackberry Meadows will once again be joining us at May Market.

 

 

We believe in supporting nonprofits & other groups that use gardening as a

platform for transformation.  Over the years, we’ve worked with:

 

Howard Levin Clubhouse

Andy Warhol Museum

The Pittsburgh Project

Grow Pittsburgh

The Children’s Institute

Greater Pittsburgh MAD DADS

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Helen S. Faison Arts Academy

Homewood Community Garden

Landslide Community Farm

Healcrest Community Farm

The Children’s Museum

Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (POWER)

Doug Oster’s annual Backyard Gardener Plant Swap & Give-A-Way

The Ellis School

Arsenal School

Jewish Community Center

St. James Church

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens

Kingsley Stingrays Swim Team

YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh – Hazelwood

Hazelwood Urban Gardens (HUG)

Construction Junction

East End Food Co-op

Whole Foods

Stone Soup Garden

Greenfield Garden Club

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

Phipps Conservatory Pilot Summer Camp (in partnership with East End Cooperative Ministry)

Whitney Avenue Arts Gallery (WAAG)

Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation

Group Against Smog and Pollution

Edgewood Garden Club

Winchester Thurston School

Sierra Club Pittsburgh Chapter

Health Hope Network

Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience (PULSE)

Hamnett Place Community Garden

Slow Food Pittsburgh (Kid’s Cooking Class @ Whole Foods)

Conroy School

Manchester Charter School

Mainstay Life Services

and others…

 

Your support of us helps us support them.  Thank you!

 

Garden Dreams in Pittsburgh Magazine

Garden Dreams in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Garden Dreams in Table Magazine

 

Other garden related businesses in Pittsburgh we like and recommend:

Gardenalia – for those who want exceptional garden design and to live in beauty

 

 

Farm Address: 806 Holland Avenue, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221

Mailing address: 404 Center Street, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221

Email: gardendreamers at gmail dot com

412-638-3333

Thank you for your business and happy gardening!