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- Collection: Soil, Seeds & Public Space: A Hundred Years of New York City Community Gardens
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Henderson's "Victory Vegetable Garden"
Advertisement listed in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Peter Henderson & Company, which was a New York City based seed distributer
Building Liz Christy Garden, Bowery and Houston Streets, 1973
Photos from fellow activist Donald Loggins show New York City's first community garden being planted in 1973, on the corner of Bowery and Houston
SCHOOL GARDENS turn Spare Time, Idle Land, Surplus Energy into Good Times, Good Things to Eat, Good Health
Hand drawn poster from the National Child Welfare Association on 70 fifth Avenue in New York City depicting children tending to garden plots in front of a school building
Proclamation! To all Citizens of The City of New York
1918 Proclamation signed by John F. Hylan, the 96th Mayor of the City of the New York, declaring the punishment of any person caught destroying crops or entering gardens illegally with negative intentions.
Mayor Bloomberg and Attorney General Spitzer Announce Agreement to Preserve Gardens, 2002
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announce agreement to enable construction of affordable housing and preservation of GreenThumb Gardens. September 17, 2002