Become a Sponsor of the South Philly Garden Tour!
We're hard at work gearing up for our biggest annual fundraiser, the South Philly Garden Tour, and we're on the lookout for folks who want to get involved by becoming a sponsor!
As a sponsor of the Garden Tour, your organization (which doesn't need to be located in South Philly) will have the opportunity to reach a diverse group of approximately 200 Garden Tour attendees and 500 South Philly Food Co-op members, and the Co-op’s 5,000-plus constituents. Sponsorships range from $100 to $1,000 and offer a variety of benefits, outlined below.
At this highly anticipated event, Co-op and community members come together to celebrate and enjoy a spectacular showcase of 10 to 15 unique private and community gardens on a self-guided walking tour. This year's tour, to be held Saturday, September 7, from 1 to 5 p.m., focuses on the gardens of the South Broad Street corridor (Washington to Snyder, 11th to 17th); ticket-holders will start their green journey at our Garden Tour Hub at South Philly High School, where various local vendors will offer refreshments and family-friendly activities will be ongoing throughout the day. (Check out photos of last year's tour here.)
Sponsorship funds will not only cover the costs of the Garden Tour and our other programs and events, but will directly support plans to open the store including funds for our member loan coordinator and site analysis. In short, sponsors can directly influence the opening of the store!
Our ambitious deadline for securing sponsors is July 1, so if you're interested in a sponsorship opportunity, email [email protected] today!
As a sponsor of the Garden Tour, your organization (which doesn't need to be located in South Philly) will have the opportunity to reach a diverse group of approximately 200 Garden Tour attendees and 500 South Philly Food Co-op members, and the Co-op’s 5,000-plus constituents. Sponsorships range from $100 to $1,000 and offer a variety of benefits, outlined below.
At this highly anticipated event, Co-op and community members come together to celebrate and enjoy a spectacular showcase of 10 to 15 unique private and community gardens on a self-guided walking tour. This year's tour, to be held Saturday, September 7, from 1 to 5 p.m., focuses on the gardens of the South Broad Street corridor (Washington to Snyder, 11th to 17th); ticket-holders will start their green journey at our Garden Tour Hub at South Philly High School, where various local vendors will offer refreshments and family-friendly activities will be ongoing throughout the day. (Check out photos of last year's tour here.)
Sponsorship funds will not only cover the costs of the Garden Tour and our other programs and events, but will directly support plans to open the store including funds for our member loan coordinator and site analysis. In short, sponsors can directly influence the opening of the store!
Our ambitious deadline for securing sponsors is July 1, so if you're interested in a sponsorship opportunity, email [email protected] today!
Sponsorship Opportunities
BROAD STREET SPONSOR ($1,000)
- 10 Garden Tour Tickets ($200 value)
- Full-page ad in the Garden Tour program for the day of the tour
- Name and logo recognition on the South Philly Food Co-op website, as well as mentions on social media (with access to 2,000 person e-mail list, nearly 2,000 Facebook fans, and over 800 Twitter followers)
- Name and logo recognition as lead Garden Tour sponsor on all advertisements and print materials including Garden Tour tote bags, Location Marker Signage, Sponsor banner at Garden Tour hub, Garden Tour flyers, programs and tickets.
- Opportunity to have a table or other promotional display at either the Garden Tour hub or Garden Tour stop, as well as inclusion of display location on route map
- Opportunity to provide promotional materials to 150-200 Garden Tour participants
SNYDER AVENUE SPONSOR ($500)
- 5 Garden Tour Tickets ($100 value)
- Half-page ad in the Garden Tour program for the day of the tour
- Name and logo recognition on the South Philly Food Co-op website, as well as mentions on social media (with access to 2,000 person e-mail list, nearly 2,000 Facebook fans, and over 800 Twitter followers)
- Name recognition on all advertisements and print materials including Garden Tour tote bags, Location Marker Signage, Sponsor banner at Garden Tour hub, Garden Tour flyers, programs and tickets.
- Opportunity to have a table or other promotional display at either the Garden Tour hub or Garden Tour stop, as well as inclusion of display location on route map
- Opportunity to provide promotional materials to 150-200 Garden Tour participants
WHARTON STREET SPONSOR ($250)
- 4 Garden Tour Tickets ($80 value)
- Logo recognition in Garden Tour program for the day of the tour
- Name recognition on the South Philly Food Co-op website, as well as mentions on social media (with access to 2,000 person e-mail list, nearly 2,000 Facebook fans, and over 800 Twitter followers)
- Name recognition on sponsor banner at Garden Tour hub
- Opportunity to provide promotional materials to 150-200 Garden Tour participants
CARLISLE STREET SPONSOR ($100)
- 2 Garden Tour Ticket ($40 value)
- Name recognition in the Garden Tour program for the day of the tour
- Name recognition on sponsor banner at the Garden Tour hub
- Name recognition on South Philly Food Co-op website
- Opportunity to provide promotional materials to 150-200 Garden Tour participants
Please Support our Garden Tour Sponsors!
A lot of folks have been putting in a lot of time and effort to make the 1st Annual South Philly Garden Tour a reality but a few have added their financial support and deserve our recognition and your support. Please show your appreciation to Urban Jungle, Bennett Compost, and PhillyCarShare for helping to defray many of the costs of Garden Tour.
All three do great things for the community and have been longtime supporters of the effort to make the South Philly Food Co-op a reality. Best of all, all three businesses operate with a philosophy very similar to ours with emphasis on high-quality, local, sustainable solutions to your needs for gardening supplies, compost and transportation.
So visit their websites or support them the old-fashioned way by visiting Urban Jungle (where you can also purchase compost from Bennett Compost).
Please Support our Garden Tour Sponsors!
A lot of folks have been putting in a lot of time and effort to make the 1st Annual South Philly Garden Tour a reality but a few have added their financial support and deserve our recognition and your support. Please show your appreciation to Urban Jungle, Bennett Compost, and PhillyCarShare for helping to defray many of the costs of Garden Tour.
All three do great things for the community and have been longtime supporters of the effort to make the South Philly Food Co-op a reality. Best of all, all three businesses operate with a philosophy very similar to ours with emphasis on high-quality, local, sustainable solutions to your needs for gardening supplies, compost and transportation.
So visit their websites or support them the old-fashioned way by visiting Urban Jungle (where you can also purchase compost from Bennett Compost).
One MORE special your ticket to the Garden Tour gets you
We've talked a little about some of the great gardens on the Tour and we mentioned some of the great food and drink specials available throughout the day to Tour participants and the party we're having after the Tour. Well, we have one more special to add.
$1 off at Rita's - first 70 people who check-in! So there's some incentive for you to get to Urban Jungle as soon after the 10:30am start time for check-in as you can. This special is in addition to:
Free cookie at Black N Brew
Free coffee or tea at Grindcore house
$1 off drafts and menu items at 2nd St Brew House
Half off all drafts from 11am to 3pm at Pope
AND:
20% off drink and food at the Cantina from 3pm to 5pm.
So come ready to see some great gardens and come hungry.
One MORE special your ticket to the Garden Tour gets you
We've talked a little about some of the great gardens on the Tour and we mentioned some of the great food and drink specials available throughout the day to Tour participants and the party we're having after the Tour. Well, we have one more special to add.
$1 off at Rita's - first 70 people who check-in! So there's some incentive for you to get to Urban Jungle as soon after the 10:30am start time for check-in as you can. This special is in addition to:
Free cookie at Black N Brew
Free coffee or tea at Grindcore house
$1 off drafts and menu items at 2nd St Brew House
Half off all drafts from 11am to 3pm at Pope
AND:
20% off drink and food at the Cantina from 3pm to 5pm.
So come ready to see some great gardens and come hungry.
Kids Tour Free! (Reason #12 To Do The South Philly Garden Tour)
12. Kids can do the tour for FREE! That's right. Now, not only do the little ones get you a fat tax credit from the federal government, they can also come along and take pictures of you with the fig tree planted by Mayor Nutter AND you won't have to pay for them.
Twenty (twenty!) gardens all throughout South Philadelphia have signed on to be on the Tour which goes from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, September 10. Gardens range from individual backyards to community gardens to parks. You can visit all the gardens or just target a few since they’re all in a 5-mile radius (perfect for walking or biking).
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of, and can be purchased now at:
- Urban Jungle, 1526 E. Passyunk Avenue
- Grindcore House, 1515 S. 4th Street
- Ultimo Coffee Bar, 1900 S. 15th Street
- Online by clicking here.
Kids Tour Free! (Reason #12 To Do The South Philly Garden Tour)
12. Kids can do the tour for FREE! That's right. Now, not only do the little ones get you a fat tax credit from the federal government, they can also come along and take pictures of you with the fig tree planted by Mayor Nutter AND you won't have to pay for them.
Twenty (twenty!) gardens all throughout South Philadelphia have signed on to be on the Tour which goes from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, September 10. Gardens range from individual backyards to community gardens to parks. You can visit all the gardens or just target a few since they’re all in a 5-mile radius (perfect for walking or biking).
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of, and can be purchased now at:
- Urban Jungle, 1526 E. Passyunk Avenue
- Grindcore House, 1515 S. 4th Street
- Ultimo Coffee Bar, 1900 S. 15th Street
- Online by clicking here.
Reason #11 To Do The South Philly Garden Tour
(That's right. These reasons do go up to 11!)
11. Every dollar raised from this event puts us one step closer to having the funds needed to conduct our market analysis and draft our business plan. These are perhaps two of the biggest start-up costs we have and are VITAL in the process of securing financing from lenders and choosing the location that gives the Co-op the best chance to thrive.
Twenty (twenty!) gardens all throughout South Philadelphia have signed on to be on the Tour which goes from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, September 10. Gardens range from individual backyards to community gardens to parks. You can visit all the gardens or just target a few since they’re all in a 5-mile radius (perfect for walking or biking).
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of, and can be purchased now at:
- Urban Jungle, 1526 E. Passyunk Avenue
- Grindcore House, 1515 S. 4th Street
- Ultimo Coffee Bar, 1900 S. 15th Street
- Online by clicking here.
Reason #11 To Do The South Philly Garden Tour
(That's right. These reasons do go up to 11!)
11. Every dollar raised from this event puts us one step closer to having the funds needed to conduct our market analysis and draft our business plan. These are perhaps two of the biggest start-up costs we have and are VITAL in the process of securing financing from lenders and choosing the location that gives the Co-op the best chance to thrive.
Twenty (twenty!) gardens all throughout South Philadelphia have signed on to be on the Tour which goes from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, September 10. Gardens range from individual backyards to community gardens to parks. You can visit all the gardens or just target a few since they’re all in a 5-mile radius (perfect for walking or biking).
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of, and can be purchased now at:
- Urban Jungle, 1526 E. Passyunk Avenue
- Grindcore House, 1515 S. 4th Street
- Ultimo Coffee Bar, 1900 S. 15th Street
- Online by clicking here.
Reason #10 To Do The South Philly Garden Tour
10. Hopefully you know about the after party by now but did you also know about all the food and drink specials that will be available from other businesses throughout the day? Tour participants can get a free homemade cookie from Black and Brew, a free small coffee or tea at Grindcore House, dollar off drafts and menu items at Second Street Brew House and half off drafts at P.O.P.E.
And at least one of the gardens might be using the tour as a way to use all the mint he's been growing this year. Mint Juleps or Mojitos, anyone?
Twenty (twenty!) gardens all throughout South Philadelphia have signed on to be on the Tour which goes from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, September 10. Gardens range from individual backyards to community gardens to parks. You can visit all the gardens or just target a few since they’re all in a 5-mile radius (perfect for walking or biking).
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the day of, and can be purchased now at:
- Urban Jungle, 1526 E. Passyunk Avenue
- Grindcore House, 1515 S. 4th Street
- Ultimo Coffee Bar, 1900 S. 15th Street
- Online by clicking here.