Hazen Pingree potato photo vintage community garden
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History of Community Garden Movement in America – Part 2: Pingree’s Potato Patches, Detroit

History of Community Garden Movement in America - Part 2: Pingree’s Potato Patches, Detroit Community gardens come in all stripes. We can reasonably assume that the gardens grown by Native Americans for thousands of years on this continent constituted the first form of community gardens on our continent (see Part 1, Hohokam Irrigation Canals). Likewise,… Continue reading History of Community Garden Movement in America – Part 2: Pingree’s Potato Patches, Detroit