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.