Community Gardening. Sharing a Heritage
Subject
Glenwood Green Acres (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Gardening -- Study and teaching
Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State University. Cooperative Extension. Urban Gardening Program
Philadelphia Green (Program)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Alexander, James
Cooper, Alice
Hite, Wilber
Mayo, Gladys
Taylor, Rosa Lee
Taylor, James
Taylor, Margaret
Wood, Alice
Description
Produced by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, this 1991 video is shot on location in Glenwood Green Acres, a community garden in North Philadelphia. Focusing on a Penn State Urban Gardening and Philadelphia Green program to bring adult gardeners and children together in order to share gardening skills. The adult gardeners recall their early memories of work on southern farms and in the family gardens.
The video includes interviews of adult Glenwood Green Acres gardeners: James Alexander, Alice Cooper, Wilber Hite, Gladys Mayo, Rosa Lee Taylor, James Taylor, Margaret Taylor, and Alice Wood.
The video includes interviews of adult Glenwood Green Acres gardeners: James Alexander, Alice Cooper, Wilber Hite, Gladys Mayo, Rosa Lee Taylor, James Taylor, Margaret Taylor, and Alice Wood.
Date
1991
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Collection
Citation
“Community Gardening. Sharing a Heritage,” Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://phillycommunitygardensmemory.omeka.net/items/show/91.
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