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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.

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.
  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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