Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Louise Bush-Brown Image Collection

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About This Collection

This collection documents the history of the Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia founded in 1953 by noted horticulturist, activist, author and educator Louise Bush-Brown. The images depict the earliest collaborative efforts of the Association, neighbors, garden clubs, and settlement houses who worked together to green and beautify neighborhoods and vacant lots throughout the City beginning with the first garden block on Mercy Street sponsored by St. Martha’s Settlement in Southeast Philadelphia and the now lost Ken-Watt Court a collaboration with the storied United Neighbors Association in 1953 to its partnership with the Penn State Extension to establish the first demonstration garden in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia in 1965. Louise Carter, born in 1897, graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women in 1916. After a variety of jobs, Carter came back to the school in 1924 as their director. In 1925, she married James Bush-Brown, the school’s landscape design instructor. Louise Bush-Brown went on to direct the school for 28 years, retiring in 1952. She was an integral part of the school’s success. She also authored and co-authored several books with her husband, most notably America’s Garden Book written in 1939. In 1953, she founded the Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, and won the National Recreation Award for the Neighborhood Garden Project in 1959. Later, in 1967, she was invited to the White House to speak at the Natural Beauty and Citizen Participation Conference about her work. She died in 1974. The formal perennial gardens at the Ambler Arboretum are named in her honor. This digital project is supported in part through a 2020 NEH Cares Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Alexander Wilson School. 1958
Alexander Wilson School. 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Alexander Wilson Public School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Alexander Wilson School Project was an early multi-year collaboration between the School, parents and neighbors, the Neighborhood Garden Association, and students of selected private schools in Philadelphia. The project also included the creation of a Demonstration Garden. Mount: S of H [School of Horticulture?} girls planting garden.
Alexander Wilson School. 1958
Alexander Wilson School. 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Alexander Wilson Public School (Philadelphia, Pa.), Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oak Lane Country Day School of Temple University
The Alexander Wilson School Project was an early multi-year collaboration between the School, parents and neighbors, the Neighborhood Garden Association, and students of selected private schools in Philadelphia. The project also included the creation of a Demonstration Garden. Mount: Oak Lane C.D.S. [Country Day School] children.
Beechwood Street
Beechwood Street
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program
A collaborative Garden Block project with the Beechwood neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association
Bouvier Street [1000 Block] 1958
Bouvier Street [1000 Block] 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program
A collaborative Garden Block project with the Bouvier Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association
Cheerful Garden Club
Cheerful Garden Club
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Cheerful Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"Cheerful Garden Club Garden" -- Mount
Cleveland Street [1000 Block] 1958
Cleveland Street [1000 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Cleveland Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: Bryn Mawr WC.
Cleveland Street [1100 Block] 1958
Cleveland Street [1100 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Cleveland Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association
Cleveland Street [1100 Block] 1958
Cleveland Street [1100 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Cleveland Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: Dr's Wires C
Cleveland Street [South 1000 Block] 1958
Cleveland Street [South 1000 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Cleveland Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association
Dorrance Street [1100 Block] 1958
Dorrance Street [1100 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Dorrance Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: GC of Phila. Calvary
Dorrance Street [1100 Block] 1958
Dorrance Street [1100 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Dorrance Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: GC of Phila. Calvary
Ellsworth Street [2200 Block] 1958
Ellsworth Street [2200 Block] 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Calvary Settlement (Philadelphia, Pa.)
An early Garden Block collaboration between the Ellsworth Street neighbors, the Neighborhood Garden Association, and the Calvary Settlement.
Harlan Street [West 2100 Block] 1958
Harlan Street [West 2100 Block] 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program
A collaborative Garden Block undertaken by the Harlan Street neighbors and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: Wharton
Kater Street [2000 Block] Roses. 1958
Kater Street [2000 Block] Roses. 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Western Community House (Philadelphia, Pa.), Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block project by the Kater Street neighbors, the Germantown Garden Club, the Neighborhood Garden Association, the Oasis Garden Club, and the Western Community House. The focus was on brick sidewalk planters and roses
Kater Street [2200 Block] 1958
Kater Street [2200 Block] 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Western Community House (Philadelphia, Pa.), Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block project by the Kater Street neighbors, the Germantown Garden Club, the Neighborhood Garden Association, the Oasis Garden Club, and the Western Community House. The focus was on brick sidewalk planters and roses. Mount: Western Community. Germantown Garden Club.
Latona Street [2600 Block] 1958
Latona Street [2600 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative program supported by the Latona Street neighbors, Western Community House, and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: TVGC.
Latona Street [2600 Block] 1958
Latona Street [2600 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Happy Flowers 4-H Club (Philadelphia, Pa.), Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative program supported by the Latona Street neighbors, Western Community House, and the Neighborhood Garden Association, Mount: T.V.G.C.
League Street [300 Block] 1958
League Street [300 Block] 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Junior League Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.), League Street Neighbors Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block project between the League Street Neighborhood Association, the Neighborhood Garden Association, and the Junior League Garden Club. Mount: Jr.L. GC.
Montrose Street [1800 Block] 1958
Montrose Street [1800 Block] 1958
Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Western Community House (Philadelphia, Pa.), Weeders Garden Club, Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block project between the Montrose Street neighbors, Western Community House, the Weeders Garden Club and the Neighborhood Garden Association. Mount: Weeders G.C. Western Community
Naudain Street [2400 Block] 1958
Naudain Street [2400 Block] 1958
Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Neighborhood Garden Association. Garden Blocks Program, Western Community House (Philadelphia, Pa.), Oasis Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A collaborative Garden Block project between the Naudain Street neighbors, the Western Community House, and the Oasis Garden Club. This also included a vacant lot project. Mount: Waiting.