Councilmember Kendra Brooks, with the support of Councilmember Helen Gym and community gardeners from around Philadelphia, is introducing a plan to buy back thousands of plots to save hundreds of community gardens and green space.

The land is owned by U.S. Bank National Association, which received the “vacant” parcels via a 1997 bond sale, and is now sending them to sheriff’s sale.

Viola Street Community Garden in Parkside, where Brooks held a press conference Monday afternoon, is one example of a garden at risk. https://billypenn.com/2022/05/24/philadelphia-gardens-sheriff-sale-restore-community-land/