Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - PHS Archives Digital Image Collection

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This collection documents activities and projects undertaken by or in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society from its inception in 1827 to the 21st Century (apart from Philadelphia Flower Show documentation, which is in a separate collection). The bulk of the material is from originals dating from 1940 - 2010. Consisting of scanned documents and photographic images, born-digital images, and digitized video and audio clips, this collection documents Philadelphia-area horticultural activity including: WWII Victory Garden Harvest Shows; PHS’s work from 1970s forward on urban greening projects created in concert with community leaders and activists; major projects on public landscape revitalization; and vacant land stabilization. This collection traces the trajectory of PHS’s urban greening initiatives starting in the 1970s as its Philadelphia Green program, which, over time, helped Philadelphians create hundreds of community gardens, plant thousands of trees to beautify and cool the city’s streets, to revitalize Philadelphia’s neighborhood parks and to bring new life to iconic public landscapes. Additionally, the collection includes digital images of Meadowbrook Farm a 25-acre property in Abington, Pennsylvania, bequeathed to PHS in 2003 and material related to PHS’s first Pop Up Garden in 2011. The collection is supported in part through a 2020 NEH Cares Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Azalea Garden. Party. 2009
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
2009. Toddler mimics horn play at the 2008 Azalea Garden Party, held at the Fairmount Water Works
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Azalea Garden. Party. 2009
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Pepper, Jane G., Eremus, Margo, Eremus, Joseph, Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
2009. PHS President Jane Pepper, with guests Margo and Joseph  Eremus, at the 2009 Azalea Garden Party, held at the Fairmount Water Works
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Azalea Garden. Party. Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. [1990s]
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Putnam, Alfred W., Jr.
1990. PHS member Alfred W. Putnam, Jr. (right) gets into party spirit at the Azalea Garden Party. 
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Azalea Garden. Puma. 2004
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Zorach, William, 1889-1966. Puma, Sculpture
2004 photograph of Puma sculpture. Lithuanian-born sculptor, painter and lithographer William Zorach immigrated with his family to the United States in 1893. He studied art in Cleveland, New York and Paris and exhibited work in the groundbreaking New York Armory Show of 1913 along with Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp and other avant-garde artists. Zorach carved the 900-pound Labrador black granite Puma sculpture in 1954. In 1963 it was installed in the Azalea Garden at PHS’s request. 
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Azalea Garden. Victoria Olin. 1989
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Olin, Victoria
1989. Victoria Olin, who drew up the landscape plan for PHS’s rehabilitation of the Azalea Garden, shows up for planting as a volunteer. 
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Azalea Garden. Volunteers. 1989
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Zaharcheck, Marc
1989. Azalea Garden volunteer Marc Zaharcheck (right) and unidentified volunteer,  get the garden ready for its rededication.
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Azalea Garden. Wedding. 2004
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Green (Program), Weddings
2004. Wedding photography in the Azalea Garden.
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Bel Arbor. 10th Street and Washington Avenue
Bel Arbor Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Neighborhood Gardens Trust (Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program)
Clipping from Ralph Cipriano's Nurturing Nature in an Urban Arbor (Philadelphia Inquirer, 28 May 1995) where he discusses the 10th and Washington Avenue arbor. Caption: "An unofficial landfill no longer, the once vacant lot at 10th and Washington Streets in South Philadelphia is home to 1,000 saplings. A neighborhood group and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society converted the tract to a tree farm."
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Blanche Epps. Garden of Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane (Philadelphia, Pa.), Epps, Blanche, 1932-2012, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Philadelphia Green (Program), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
The Garden of Gethsemane, located at Pearl and Conestoga Streets, was founded by Blanche Epps. Clipping from Ron Avery's article titled "Keeping Tradition: She Cultivates Southern Crops and Wisdom in Her West Philadelphia Garden." Caption: "West Philadelphian Blanche Epps preserves the crops, herbs, and remedies of the South in her neighborhood garden" (Photograph: G. Loie Grossmann) -- Philadelphia Daily News, 29 August 1988
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Blanche Epps. Garden of Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane (Philadelphia, Pa.), Epps, Blanche, 1932-2012, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Philadelphia Green (Program), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Founded by Blanche Epps, the Garden of Gethsemane is located at Pearl and Conestoga Streets, Philadelphia. Clipping from Natalie Kempner's article titled "Community Gardening: A Patchwork of Roots." Caption: "Blanche Epps makes a duster from a sugar plant in her garden." (Photograph: Natalie Kempner) -- Philadelphia Flower Show, 1988
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Blanche Epps. Junior Gardeners of Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane (Philadelphia, Pa.), Epps, Blanche, 1932-2012, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Philadelphia Green (Program), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Founded by Blanche Epps, the Garden of Gethsemane is located at Pearl and Conestoga Streets, Philadelphia. Clipping from Libby Goldstein's article titled "The Winning Ways of the Young." Caption: "Each of the nine Junior Gardeners of Gethsemane has "adopted" an adult gardener to assist after they complete their work in their own garden." (Photograph: Gina Burnett) -- Green Scene, March 1989
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Blanche Epps. PHS City Gardens Contest
Garden of Gethsemane (Philadelphia, Pa.), Epps, Blanche, 1932-2012, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Philadelphia Green (Program), Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Founded by Blanche Epps, the Garden of Gethsemane is located at Pearl and Conestoga Streets, Philadelphia. Clipping from Natalie Kempner's article titled "Philadelphia Shows Off Its Bloomers." Caption: "Much decorated contest veteran, Blanche Epps, at work in her West Philadelphia backyard container garden. ..." -- Green Scene, May 1989
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City Gardens Contest. Mayoral Candidates, 1983
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. City Gardens Contest, Garden of Eatin' (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia Green (Program), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Egan, John J., Jr., Rizzo, Frank, 1891-, Gola, Tom, 1933-2014, Goode, W. Wilson, Leonard, Thomas A., Dougherty, Charles, Bateman, Anthony
All seven candidates running for mayor of Philadelphia in the 1983 election were invited to the PHS City Gardens Contest kickoff event – and all showed up. The event was held at the Garden of Eatin’, a community garden at South Twenty-fifth and Dickinson Streets. The candidates are, from left to right, John J. Egan Jr., Frank Rizzo, Thomas Gola, W. Wilson Goode, Thomas A. Leonard, Anthony Bateman and Charles Dougherty. Wilson Goode won the election. 
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Glenwood Green Acres. Wilbur Hite and Blanche Epps
Epps, Blanche, Hite, Wilbur, Glenwood Green Acres (Philadelphia, Pa.), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Gardening -- Study and teaching, Philadelphia Green (Program)
Clipping from Natalie Kempner's article titled "The Heritage Eight" Caption: "Children at the Heritage workshop learn proper planting techniques for potting sweet potato vines, tomatoes and peppers from Wilbur Hite and Blanche Epps" (Photograph by Judy Foley) -- Green Scene, January 1991
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Great Gardeners of Philadelphia Green [2001]
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Edwin H Vare Middle School (Philadelphia, Pa.). Bonnie G. Levine Teaching Garden, School gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Carroll Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Carroll Park Rangers (Program), Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, Village of Arts and Humanities (Philadelphia, Pa.), Philadelphia Green (Program), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Green the Philadelphia Schools, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Ribbon of Gold
Titled Great Gardeners of Philadelphia Green this video was produced in 2001 and focuses on the collaboration between the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green program and urban gardeners. Larry Stier describes the founding of the Bonnie G. Levine Teaching Garden at the Vare Middle School; Doris Gwaltney presents the preservation work of community neighbors on Carroll Park in West Philadelphia; Dorene Martin speaks of the work of Spring Garden, Fairmount, and Francisville neighbors on the Ribbon of Gold project, Eastern State Penitentiary, and Lily Yeh describes the founding of the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia.
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Greene Countrie Towne. 25th and Dickinson
Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Greene Countrie Towne, Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.), Goode, W. Wilson
Greene Countrie Towne. 25th and Dickinson
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Greene Countrie Towne. 25th and Dickinson
Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Greene Countrie Towne, Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.), Goode, W. Wilson
"Wison Goode. 25th and Dickinson" -- Mount
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Greene Countrie Towne. Cecil B. Moore Memorial Sitting Garden
Cecil B. Moore Memorial Sitting Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), West Hagert Street Neighborhood Council (Philadelphia, Pa.), Myers, Jeff, Thorpe, Donna, Thorpe, Clarence, Philadelphia Green (Program), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Clipping from Hal Rosner's article titled "Clean & Green: West Hagert Street Greene Countrie Towne -- Eight Blocks of Thriving Gardens" Caption: "No, it isn't a Flower Show exhibit. Clarence (white shirt, seated on bench) and Donna Thorpe (standing) are visiting with Philadelphia Green's Jeff Myers (glasses in foreground) in the Cecil B. Moore Memorial Sitting Garden. Located at 2463 N. 20th Street, it boasts an amazing variety of plants including smoke bush, lily turf, climbing rose, and flowering dogwood." (Photograph by George Fernandez) -- Green Scene, January 1984
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Greene Countrie Towne. Francisville
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Greene Countrie Towne, Francisville (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Francisville a collaboration between the neighbors and the Horticultural Society is a “Greene Countrie Towne”.
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Greene Countrie Towne. Francisville
Philadelphia Green (Program), Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Greene Countrie Towne, Francisville (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Greene Countrie Towne. Francisville
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