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This interview discusses McCabe's many relationships to community gardens in Philadelphia, including a focus on her work with the Penn State Agricultural Extension and work with the Garden of Adam and Eve God Bless America (now Julian-Able Park).]]>
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The interview includes a discussion of Hammond's presentation on the Mantua Peace Garden, "Community Gardens as Agents for Change and Civic Engagement," at the 2016 Longwood Graduate Symposium. Additionally, the interview discusses the history of Black gardeners and horticulturists. The interview concludes with Hammond's reflections on the future of community gardening in Philadelphia.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
The service includes recollections from gardeners such as architect and community historian Joel Spivak, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Associate Director of Community Education Sally McCabe, Bel Arbor Community Garden founder Carla M. Puppin, and current chair of Southwark/Queen Village Karen Flora]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
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Founded in 1984 by local real estate developer John Lindsay, the garden is a vital asset to this section of West Philadelphia. Each Sunday from Memorial Day through the end of September, the garden’s weekly farm stand provides neighbors with a source for handpicked vegetables at affordable prices in one of the city’s most barren food deserts. (Image courtesy of the Wiota Street Garden Facebook page]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
Founded in 1984 by local real estate developer John Lindsay, the garden is a vital asset to this section of West Philadelphia. Each Sunday from Memorial Day through the end of September, the garden’s weekly farm stand provides neighbors with a source for handpicked vegetables at affordable prices in one of the city’s most barren food deserts. (Image courtesy of the Wiota Street Garden Facebook page)]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
Founded in 1984 by local real estate developer John Lindsay, the garden is a vital asset to this section of West Philadelphia. Each Sunday from Memorial Day through the end of September, the garden’s weekly farm stand provides neighbors with a source for handpicked vegetables at affordable prices in one of the city’s most barren food deserts. (Image courtesy of the Wiota Street Garden Facebook page)]]>
Lindsay traces the changes in the garden's use and the West Powelton neighborhood over the years and the garden's relationship with the Lombard Central Presbyterian Church. He provides a tour of the garden space and talks about the relationship between his work renovating buildings and the garden. Lindsay discusses development challenges to the garden, including a 2014 incident in which Lindsay worked with the Neighborhood Gardens Trust and a 2016 - 2017 incident in which Lindsay rallied the community. And, he describes a recent workday with the Lebow School of Business at Drexel.

Lindsay explores his recent work with son Milton Lindsay on the Winter Gardens Contest, including his relationship with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Finally, Lindsay contemplates the future of Wiota Street Garden and the future of urban gardening in Philadelphia more generally.]]> ]]>
Puppin and Snyder describe the combination of their organizations and their transition into preservation by the Neighborhood Gardens Association (now the Neighborhood Gardens Trust) in 1999. The interviewees describe the garden's planning process, including a plan in 1996. Puppin and Snyder also explain how they came to serve as the garden's archivist and photographer/videographer, respectively, and their organization of garden documents. In addition, John Snyder describes his role as water manager for the garden and provides a description of several historic flyers, including ones from 1994 and 2000. He describes the creation of the garden's website. Included is a description of how Bel Arbor Community Garden became a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Keystone Garden with the help of Eileen Gallagher.

The gardeners discuss the history of the area as a gardening space, including an 1820 public botanical garden of PHS founding member Alexander Parker. The interview includes a brief tour of the garden from the garden's gazebo (pictured looking southeast from the garden's north), as well as a look at the garden's yearly traditions like barbecue. The interview concludes with Puppin and Snyder's reflections on the garden's future, including plans for more planting around Christ's United Presbyterian Church, challenges with development, and hopes for future generations of gardeners. ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
Austin discusses her role in the creation of Kimball Street Community Garden, which went on to become Bel Arbor Community Garden, in 1994. She describes her research process for her visual history of Bel Arbor Community Garden's space, To The Garden (2019), which can be viewed on Austin's portfolio website: https://aliceaustin.myportfolio.com/. Austin discusses the landscape's use as Parker's Botanic Garden in the 1820s by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) founder Alexander Parker, then a cemetery from 1830 onward, then a factory from 1900 onward. The artist describes the process of making drawings for her prints and for pairing text with illustrations in To The Garden, and the process of donating a copy to the PHS McLean Library. Austin's book Covid Year (2021) documents her experience from spring 2020 to 2021 (also viewable on Austin's website). The interview covers Austin's relationship with Temple University Special Collections Research Center, her work in Bel Arbor Community Garden with the City Harvest program and with occupational trainees from Ready, Willing & Able Philadelphia. The interview discusses the state of the garden's trees and different spaces and the garden's landscaping projects over the years, especially becoming a PHS Keystone Garden.

The interview next discusses raising children in the garden and concludes with hopes for new gardeners to join the garden, and with a discussion of Austin's book nesting (2022) on bird watching at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, including images from Bel Arbor Community Garden.]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]>
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