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Alicia Shulman

Jun 5, 20223 min read

Anne Bethel Spencer

This blog about gardener, civil rights activist, and poet Anne Spencer invites you to dig deeper into her life and find out more about...

Alicia Shulman

Feb 28, 20226 min read

Foresting Philly: Jasmine Thompson

Jasmine Thompson grew up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She spent two years working in Northern California with two...

Kate Galer

Feb 10, 202211 min read

Called to the Ministry and to the Garden: Rev. Carolyn Cavaness

Women in Horticulture’s Kate Galer sat down with Rev. Carolyn Cavaness on a cold January evening to find out more about her and the...

Alicia Shulman

Jan 31, 20225 min read

Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist and Founder of the Freedom Farm Cooperative

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) was born into a sharecropping family in Mississippi and become a leader in civil rights. She established a...

Laura Cruz

Jan 16, 20228 min read

Ladyfern Flowers: Summer Badawi

Summer Badawi is a Minneapolis-based plantswoman, designer and educator with a particular passion for farming, food, and flowers. She has...

Julicia James

Apr 22, 20213 min read

Carrie Steele Logan

Although she was born into slavery in Georgia in 1829, Carrie Steele was one of the first black landowners in Atlanta and left behind a...