1983 Philadelphia Flower Show. Philadelphia Green Street Exhibit
Title
1983 Philadelphia Flower Show. Philadelphia Green Street Exhibit
Subject
Flower shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Philadelphia Green (Program)
Philadelphia Flower Show (1983 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Description
The first year PHS staged an exhibit to showcase Philadelphia Green, its urban gardening program, was 1983. This exhibit featured a typical Philadelphia street of row houses decorated with colorful window boxes, containers made from recycled automobile tires, a corner sitting garden, and a community vegetable garden planted in the vacant lot between the two houses.
Date
1983
Contributor
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (Provider)
Rights
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For more information, contact McLean Library and Archives, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, 215-988-8782, mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org
Relation
Philadelphia Flower Show Collection
Format
photograph
Language
eng
Type
still image
Identifier
1983PhillyGreenStreetexhibit_FS05_JELegacy
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Philadelphia Civic Center
Collection
Citation
“1983 Philadelphia Flower Show. Philadelphia Green Street Exhibit,” PHSMcLeanLibraryDigital, accessed May 7, 2024, https://phsmcleanlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/782.