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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society COVID-19 Collection

Collected by: PACSCL

Archived since: May, 2020

Description:

McLean Library has created a web-archive collection focusing on the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s programmatic COVID-19 response via #GrowTogetherPHS, a campaign to engage our audiences in gardening at home. In addition, the collection includes Philadelphia-area community gardening responses through social media sites as well as web-based documentation of recommendations for urban agriculture during COVID-19. For a complete web collection of PHS COVID-19 archived sites, please see: https://conifer.rhizome.org/PHSPFS2019/pennsylvania-horticultural-society-covid-19-collection

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Society & Culture Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia COVID-19 (Disease) Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

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Title: Norris Square Neighborhood Projects. Website

URL: https://myneighborhoodproject.org/gardens/

Description: Norris Square Neighborhood Projects urban gardens were created between 1980 and 2006 by the women of Grupo Motivos led by co-founders Iris Brown and Tomasita Romero, and community residents. Each of the six gardens represents and embodies the diversity of the Puerto Rican culture and West African diasporas in Philadelphia. Located in Kensington area of North Philadelphia, Norris Square Gardens are: the Butterfly Garden, 2141 N. Howard Street; Las Parcelas, 2248 N. Palethorp Street; El Batey, 169 W. Susquehanna Avenue; Jardín de Paz, 2201 N. 2nd Street; Raíces, 2217 N 2nd Street, and Villa Africána Colobó, 2263 N. Palethorp Street, Philadelphia. In response to COVID-19, all gardens are open with restrictions

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Subject:   Norris Square Neighborhood Projects (Philadelphia, Pa.) COVID-19 (Disease) Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Butterfly Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.),  Las Parcelas (Philadelphia, Pa.) ,  El Batey (Philadelphia, Pa.) Raíces (Philadelphia, Pa.) Jardín de Paz (Philadelphia, Pa.) Villa Africána Colobó (Philadelphia, Pa.

Title: Norris Square Neighborhood Projects. Facebook Page

URL: https://www.facebook.com/myneighborhoodproject/

Description: Norris Square Neighborhood Projects urban gardens were created between 1980 and 2006 by the women of Grupo Motivos led by co-founders Iris Brown and Tomasita Romero, and community residents. Each of the six gardens represents and embodies the diversity of the Puerto Rican culture and West African diasporas in Philadelphia. Located in Kensington area of North Philadelphia, Norris Square Gardens are: the Butterfly Garden, 2141 N. Howard Street; Las Parcelas, 2248 N. Palethorp Street; El Batey, 169 W. Susquehanna Avenue; Jardín de Paz, 2201 N. 2nd Street; Raíces, 2217 N 2nd Street, and Villa Africána Colobó, 2263 N. Palethorp Street, Philadelphia. In response to COVID-19, all gardens are open with restrictions

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Subject:   Norris Square Neighborhood Projects (Philadelphia, Pa.) COVID-19 (Disease) Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Butterfly Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.),  Las Parcelas (Philadelphia, Pa.) ,  El Batey (Philadelphia, Pa.) Raíces (Philadelphia, Pa.) Jardín de Paz (Philadelphia, Pa.) Villa Africána Colobó (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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