Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green. Celebrating 20 Years [1994]

Philadelphia Green (Program)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Neighborhood Gardens Association
Bush-Brown, Louise, 1897-1974
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Gardenmobile
Bonham, J. Blaine
Pepper, Jane G.
Block grants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Philadelphia House of Correction (Pa.)
Philadelphia Chinatown Corporation
Southwark/Queen Village Community Vegetable Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Felton, Alta
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Harvest Show
Aspen Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Garden of Eatin (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Greene Countrie Towne
Thorpe, Donna
Clarence Thorpe Memorial Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvani Horticultural Society. Tree Tenders
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Ribbon of Gold
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. City Gardens Contest
Philadelphia Horticultural Society. Junior Flower Show
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. City Hall in Bloom
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Public Landscapes
Philadelphia Horticultural Society. Azalea Garden
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 26th Street Gateway
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Philadelphia Green Advisory Board
Bullock, Willie Mae
Whiten, Veronica
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Parks in Progress
Yep, Cecelia

Titled the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Philadelphia Green. Celebrating 20 Years, this video was produced in 1994 and traces the history of the Philadelphia Green program founded in 1974. The film begins with a description of the earlier PHS initiatives and programs including the founding of the Neighborhood Gardens Association by Louise Bush-Brown in 1953, a description the visit of Lady Bird Johnson in 1967, the activism of Ernesta Ballard, and the "catalyst" for Philadelphia Green, the Urban Block Grants program (2100 North 20th Street, 3900 Brandywine, Wilson Park Public Housing, 2100 Wharton, 1700 West Edgley) and early vegetable gardens (714 Chadwick Street Garden, Philadelphia House of Correction, West Shore, Pearl and Conestoga, and Grays Ferry). Cecilia Yep, Philadelphia Chinatown Corportion narrates the story of the establishment of the Chinatown Community Gardens. Also featured: Southwark/Queen Village Community Vegetable Garden, Aspen Farms, and Garden of Eatin. Sharon Turner describes the beginnings of the Harvest Show; Bennett Levin, Commissioner, Department of Licenses and Inspections, describes the importance of urban greening in Philadelphia neighborhoods. In addition the film notes the creation of the Greene Countrie Towne program and includes a description of the program by Dorsha Mason of West Hagert; Florie Dotson speaks for Strawberry Mansion, Iris Brown speaks for Norris Square and Las Parcelas. Other speakers include: Rebecca Rimel, Pew Charitable Trust; Joyce Richardson, Champlost Homes, describes collaboration between Philadelphia Green and Philadelphia Public Housing (Emlen Arms, Johnson Homes, Morton Homes, and Wilson Park); Nancy Zimmerman, William Penn Foundation describes the Philadelphia Green tree project begun in 1978; Patsy McLaughlin, Fairmount, describes the Ribbon of Gold project for Eastern State Penitentiary; Jim LaRosa and Herb Clarke describes the City Garden Contest; Larry Stier describes the Junior Flower Show; Jean Bodine describes the beginning of the Public Landscapex Program and the Fairmount Park Azalea Garden project; Charles Marshall, Conrail, describes the 26th Street Gateway project; John Kromer, Philadelphia Office of Housing and Community Development, speaks about the collaboration between the City and Philadelphia Green to transform open urban space; Barbara Kaplan of the City Planning Commission, speaks of the collaboration of Philadelphia Green and the City revitalization strategies; Rena Ennis speaks of her service on the Philadelphia Green Advisory Board; Hayward Ford, Chairman of the Philadelphia Green Advisory Board, concludes.

1994

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Pennock, J. Liddon, 1913-2003
Ballard, Ernesta Drinker
Turner, Sharon
Bodine, Jean
Brown, Iris
Clarke, Herb
Dotson, Florie
Ennis, Rena
Ford, Hayward
Goldstein, Libby
Jones, Cogley
Kaplan, Barbara
Keiser, Frank
Kromer, John, 1948-
LaRosa, James
Levin, Bennett
Loal, Kate
Marshall, Charlie
Mason, Dorsha
McLaughlin, Patsy
Nichols, Mamie, -2020
Olsen, Karl
Richardson, Joyce
Syrnick, Joseph
Shils, Rhea, -2005
Stier, Larry
Wright, Robert
Zimmerman, Nancy
Rimel, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webster), 1951-
Yep, Cecilia Moy

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Credits: Photographers. Ira Beckoff.Gina Burnett. Walter Chandoha.Bernie Cleff. Edmund B. Gilchrist. John C. Gouker. Martin Jackson. Ron Williams. Steve Williams. -- Cartoons. Baxendell's Graphics. -- Sound Mix. Wallabee Multimedia. -- Post Production. Custom Video Productions. -- Editors. Mitch Owen. David Riviore. -- Music. Courtesy of ASCAP/BMI. -- A production of Goodman Associates