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Volunteers carry a Ceremonial Map that marks the location of each garden in a procession to acknowledge the presense of the gardens, not as vacant lots, but as living spaces cultimated by the community with active cultural programming.

Destruction of the Garden of Eden in the Lower East Side, 1985

This temporary restraining order, issued by Judge Richard Huttner, protected hundreds of gardens after the destruction by the city of Esperanza Community Garden. This court order was eventually folded into the Eliot Spitzer agreement in 2002.

Young boys tending to garden plot on First Avenue. Chrysler Building can be seen in background.

Chromogenic print, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

Green Guerillas Fact Sheet: Two Seed Grenade Recipes or How to Hide Illegal Dumping Space

Park Association President Whitney North Seymour Jr., circa 1965, explaining the concept of using vacant lots to create 'vest-pocket parks.'

Vest pocket park located at 182 Mulberry Street

Children at play in a vest pocket park located at 182 Mulberry Street, July 13, 1968

Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, showing carrots, lettuce, corn, tomatoes, and potatoes growing.