1902 DeWitt Clinton Farm School Founded
Reformer Frances Griscom Parsons establishes the DeWitt Clinton Farm School in New York City, one of the first gardening programs for children in America.
Marie Warsh, “Cultivating Citizens: The Children’s School Farm in New York City, 1902-1931, Buildings and Landscapes 18, no. I, Spring 2011.
Laura Lawson, “City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America, pp. 62-67; additional images are housed at the New York City Parks Photo Archive. Fannie Parsons, “The First Children’s Farm,” Outlook, 1893-1924; May 2, 1903.
De Witt Clinton Farm School plots, October, 1909. Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears Collection.