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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...
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Margaret Pickoff
Apr 2, 20224 min read
Cultivating the Trained Hand and Mind: The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women
Founded in 1911, the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women (PSHW) was one of the first schools of its kind in the nation. Its...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Julie Bare
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Can you believe it's been 5 years?!?
On Sunday, June 27th WinH members got together for the first time in over a year to celebrate WinH's 5 year anniversary! We gathered at...
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