Green Resources
Resources
- Native Plants
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- Choose Native Plants shows a full list of plants that are native to Pennsylvannia. We highly recommend the Quick Search tool if you are new to the site.
- Northbrook Natives (West Chester, PA) is our local native plant design service and nursery.
- Wild Ones Southeastern Pennsylvania (Southeastern PA) is the most local native plant group.
- West Chester Plant Swap hosts plant swap events. Lots of native plants shared.
- Townships' Efforts
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- Willistown Township has an "Environmental Sustainability Commission." You can read recent meeting minutes that they post on this site.
- Malvern Bourgh Township has an "Environmental Advisory Council." You can read recent meeting minutes that they post on this site.
- Green Teams Closeby
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- There is no Malvern, PA Green team. :-(
- TE Green Team - Paoli area (Tredyffrin-Easttown). You can email them at TEGreenTeam@gmail.com
- Phoenixville Green Team
- Green Focused Stores
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- Community Eco Store in Phoenixville is a mecca of green focused products and information. The owners donate all profits back to the community.
- Local Repair Cafes
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- Phoenixville Repair Cafe is our most local repair cafe. They host scheduled events where you can bring in up to 2 items to be repaired. They can fix electronics, clothes, dull blades, broken toys, etc.
- Farmer's Markets
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- Our own Malvern Farmer's Market is at Burke Park in downtown Malvern.
- West Chester Farmer's Market is 20 minutes west.
- Phoenixville Farmer's Market is 20 minutes north.
- Positive Change Organizations
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- Home of the Sparrow (Exton, PA) provides services to single women and mothers who are experiencing homelessness.
- Chester County Food Bank helps our neighbors with food insecurity.
- Vegetable Gardens
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- Chester County Food Bank's Gardens in the Community helps home gardeners grow food for the food bank.
- Vegetable Gardens 4U (Malvern, PA) provides services to design and build residential vegetable gardens.
- Jack's Farm (Pottstown, PA) sells vegetable plants that you can pick up at the Phoenixville Farmer's Market.
- Recycling Websites
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- There's a Chester County SWA page for Chester County wide recycling resources.