New Garden Township 299 Starr Road Landenberg, PA 19350 610-268-2915 Fax: 610-268-0458

New Garden Historical Commission

A Brief History of New Garden Township

Before William Penn, Jr. obtained his patent for land given him by his father in 1706, he arranged its sale. This land included the area known as New Garden Township, an area of steep slopes and rolling hills cut by fast-moving creeks and meandering streams. Homes were built, land was cleared and cultivated and Meeting Houses and schools were constructed. Soon villages sprouted - New Garden which grew around the Meeting House; Toughkenamon on the "road from Brandywine to Nottingham" and where the old inn, best known as The Hammer & Trowel was located; Landenberg which was the home of many mills located along the White Clay Creek (most notably cotton mills and woolen mills); and Kaolin which was the center of extensive clay quarries from which a fine china clay was excavated. As years passed and water power gave way to other sources of energy, the mills closed and many employees moved on to more prosperous industrial areas. The clay quarries filled with water, and the Township returned primarily to farming, and so it remained for many years. The countryside is changing, but all around us we can still see the lovely homes, schoolhouses, Meeting Houses and Churches that date from the 1700s and 1800s.

Meets Every First Wednesday 7:30 PMat 7:30
Chair: Ted Christie
Vice Chairman: Chris Robinson
Marilyn Becker
Ted Christie
David Hawk
Nancy Geist
Michael Leja
Peg Jones
Mary Sproat
Mary Simmon

Planning Commission

The New Garden Planning Commission must review all subdivision and land development plans before they go to the Board of Supervisors. The Township has an ordinance regulating the subdivision of land, adjustment of lot lines and development of lots for multi-family or nonresidential uses. Plans are subject to review by the Planning Commission and approval of the Board of Supervisors. A copy of this Ordinance may be review or purchased at the Township Building, and soon will be available online.

Will meet the 4th Wednesday of the Month at 7:30
Dr. William Cummings
Thomas Clark
Bob Bowe
Pete Dicce
Mike Loftus
Greg Harvey
Elizabeth Gordon

Sewer Authority

In order to assure proper maintenance of on-lot sewage systems, the Township passed Ordinance #103 which requires all property owners to pump out their on-lot systems at least once every 3 years. YOU MUST SEND PROOF OF DOING THIS TO THE TOWNSHIP FOR OUR FILES.

DEP gave approval for our new East End Wastewater Plant to accept sewage in August, 1998, and they approved spraying on our fields located north of Baltimore Pike in the spring of 1999. Since plant is in full operation, a full-time employee was hired for the sewer system. Sewer Authority members meet to handle any business related to the public sewer system.

Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30PM, Township Building J. Neil Leech
Jim Frezzo
Gildo Guizzetti
Greg Hanson
Philip D'amico

Solicitor -Neil Land, Esq.

General Authority

Meets 3rd Monday of the month quarterly, on February, May, August and November at 9:00 am at the Township Building

Chair: Patrick Keeney
Jim Davidson
Frank Zagorskie
Zack Bowen
Jim Neal

Open Space Review Board

Meets every 3rd Tuesday at 6:00 pm

Chair: Bernie McKay 274-0747
Deb DuBois
Don Peters
Gary Bell 274-0746
Mary Sproat 444-3667
Chris Robinson
Richard Chadwick

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299 Starr Road, Landenberg, Pennsylvania 19350
Phone (610) 268-2915 Fax (610) 268-0458