Blanche Epps In the Garden of Gethsemane
Subject
Epps, Blanche, 1932-2012
Garden of Gethsemane (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia Folklore Project
Philadelphia Green (Program)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Harvest Show
Description
Produced by the Philadelphia Folklore Project, this video focuses on Blanche Epps, founder of the Garden of Gethsemane, located at Pearl and Conestoga Streets, Philadelphia. "Green is the master color from which all the other colors come", states this dynamic gardener, whose reflections upon the aesthetic, therapeutic, historical, practical, economic and social meanings of urban gardening are at the heart of this show. Mrs. Epps grew up in North Carolina and migrated to Philadelphia after World War II. (She "didn't have an ache or a pain until she hit this pavement," she says). Practicing heritage gardening, seed saving, canning - and teaching history, common sense, African American and Native American heritage, and "basic survival skills" - Mrs. Epps passes on a sense of how to "undormacize" peoples' home-grown and handed-down knowledge to fellow gardeners, children, kin and neighbors. 8 minutes. 1990
Date
1990
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL
Collection
Citation
“Blanche Epps In the Garden of Gethsemane,” Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://phillycommunitygardensmemory.omeka.net/items/show/131.
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