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Stories of the People’s Gardens

Stories Across the Country

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Learn more about the Flagship People’s Gardens and read their stories along with those of the 1,600 and growing People’s Garden nationwide!

 

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Growing Faith in Omaha, NE People’s Garden

Nina Bhattacharyya, Senior Technical Specialist, USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production | June 6, 2024

People standing together near a People's Garden outside

 

This South St. Louis Farm Helps Foreign-Born People Connect to their Homelands

St. Louis Public Radio | By Andrea Y. Henderson | May 29, 2024

Zhour Naim, a Moroccan immigrant, holds fava beans in her left hand while she picks lettuce for her family on Tuesday at SEED St. Louis' international farm in the Botanical Heights neighborhood

 

 

Heart & Soil's People’s Garden is a Vibrant Hub

Nina Bhattacharyya, Senior Technical Specialist, People’s Garden Initiative Coordinator | April 2, 2024

Nika Forte’ (Director) & Charlotte Sloan (Garden Manager) teach young Ona McGordon about the bugs that live in the soil & help plants grow. Picture take by Alison McGordon

 

Fridays on the Farm: Growing Hope with Gardens

Jonathan Groveman, NRCS, California | May 19, 2023

City Slicker Farms

 

Area 2 Farms: Growing Farms Near You

FPAC Strategic Communications | November 28, 2023

A man working with plants in a container

 

Joppy Momma’s Farm People’s Garden, Dallas, TX

Dee Ann Littlefield, USDA-NRCS, Texas | November 22, 2023

Kim High at her garden

 

Farewell and Thanks to Jorge, Our Headquarters Peoples Gardener

FPAC Strategic Communications | Oct 26, 2023

Jorge holding seed trays with Christie Vilsack, Master Gardener and wife of USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack

 

Happy Compromise Farm: Nourishing Their Community, Body and Soul

FPAC Strategic Communications | Oct 17, 2023

Eryn Leavens and Oliver Gawlick with boxes of fresh produce provided free to their neighbors and community

 

 

Minnesota's Project Sweetie Pie (video)

Minnesota NRCS | May 9, 2023

People working in a garden

 

 

Want to Compost in Your Garden Bed? Let the Worms Do It! | USDA

Jorge Penso, Natural Resources Conservation Service | April 13, 2023

Volunteers in the People’s Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the People’s Garden | USDA

David Kidwell-Slak, Plant Materials Center Manager, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service | August 03, 2022

People working at the USDA People's Garden

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