Interview with Lisa Carpenter
Subject
Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Carpenter, Lisa
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation
Philadelphia (Pa.). Parks & Recreation
Glen Foerd Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description
Interview with Lisa Carpenter, original community garden member and garden ambassador/organizer at Glen Foerd community garden. This interview discusses gardening as a continued cultural tradition in Lisa’s family and her Grandfather’s participation in a community garden. The interview then discusses Lisa’s first hands-on experience with gardening as a child while growing up in a Northeast Philadelphia row home and container gardening as an adult. This interview then goes on to discuss the gardening experience she gained through her job which included: participating in PHS and Master Gardener led workshops and turning a shared vision of creating a Library Community/Reading Garden into reality with the help of PHS and members of the community. The interview concludes with a discussion of growing vegetables for the first time in a community garden plot at Glen Foerd in 2017 and Lisa’s future vision for the garden.
Photograph of Glen Foerd's Lisa M. Carpenter's grandparents Maria and Domenico in a West Philadelphia community garden courtesy of Lisa Carpenter
Photograph of Glen Foerd's Lisa M. Carpenter's grandparents Maria and Domenico in a West Philadelphia community garden courtesy of Lisa Carpenter
Date
2023
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Collection
Citation
“Interview with Lisa Carpenter,” Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://phillycommunitygardensmemory.omeka.net/items/show/274.
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