Date: Ongoing

Center City District is enhancing its Horticulture Program to transform urban landscapes across Center City into a cohesive, native-focused, and sustainable network that reduces resource use and intensive maintenance. By connecting natural corridors, the program will enhance habitat continuity and support diversity by attracting native pollinators and birds. Since its implementation by CCD in Sister Cities Park, it has been serving as a model for integrating natural horticulture practices into urban environments. In 2025, CCD has expanded the program to Dilworth Park and sidewalk planters.
Key objectives include identifying and designating unified natural corridors along major streets —such as East Market Street, West Market Street, and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway — to connect Fairmount Park with the Schuylkill River and Delaware River corridors. These connections will strengthen ecological pathways and offer native planting opportunities.

Team members: Center City District
Land Health Institute
Moonflower Garden Design

Website: https://centercityphila.org/parks/sister-cities-park