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Iris Brown, Norris Square Gardens
Coordinator
 Iris
shares how the gardens teach about Puerto Rican culture. |
All over the country communities have
discovered the rewards of urban gardens. And Philadelphia's communities
have transformed more trash-strewn vacant lots into beautiful and
bountiful gardens than any other city in the United States.
465 community vegetable gardens and over
1,000 flower gardens are alive in Philadelphia's neighborhoods.
There are 618 families involved in producing over $1.5 million worth
of food in Philadelphia's urban gardens. |
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Doris Stahl, Director,
Urban Gardening Program
 Doris
discusses the benefits of community gardens. |
Bettye Gibbons, Philadelphia
Bettye
talks about what she gains from her community gardening experience. |
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Benefits of community
gardening can be seen and NOT seen:
Gardens help people to reclaim their
neighborhoods turning filth into beauty
Vegetable gardens produce fresh, organic
and delicious food
Gardens provide daily recreation and
social interaction for retirees
Gardening gives kid and young people
a productive, educational and confidence-building activity
Community gardens reflect the cultural
identity of the people who create them
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