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2001 photo by Ron Tarver of gardeners harvesting vigorous potatoes in the Awbury Community Garden

Awbury Community Garden

Gardeners have tended to the land of what is today Awbury Community Garden since it was first an allotment garden under the auspices of Philadelphia’s Vacant Lots Cultivation Association in the Great Depression and a Victory Garden in World War II. But the prolific bounty at Awbury today stems from a garden began in 1974. […]

The entrance to the garden in July 2015 to Algonquin / Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry Victory Garden

Algonquin / Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry Victory Garden

Ours is a story of how the two communities of Algonquin and Lake in the Hills came together to build vegetable gardens that feed local families in need, educate new gardeners, and provide a peaceful artistic space. In 2012 the Algonquin Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry moved to a new home at Lake […]