Land Use
Eve's Garden
Posted July 18th, 2008 by TeishanHeart of Camden with Scribe Video Center
This video is available for purchase as part of the Precious Places Community History Project Vol. 3 compilation DVD.
South Camden may not normally evoke images of verdant foliage and bountiful vegetable gardens. With an assortment of industries, an incinerator, a sewage treatment plant, and toxic areas including two federal Superfund sites, the neighborhood is severely affected by pollution. Respiratory and other health ailments are widespread, and neighborhood groups have decried the environmental racism that has rendered their very air a dire health hazard.
Southwark: 30 Years and Growing
Posted October 1st, 2007 by GretjenNeighborhood Gardens Association, Southwark Queen’s Village Community Garden with Scribe Video Center
This video is available for purchase as part of a Precious Places Community History Project Vol.2 compilation DVD.
Queen Village Community Garden is one of Philadelphia’s oldest community gardens. Located on Christian Street in South Philadelphia since 1976, the garden is a vital green space set aside for the enjoyment of the ethnically diverse neighborhood. Since the garden's beginning, diversity among the membership has been consciously encouraged, and the garden quickly became a bridge between whites and blacks in the community. "Our goal was to bring together all the parts of the neighborhood," says Libby J. Goldstein, one of the garden's founders.
Neighborhood Gardens Association is a an urban land trust that works to ensure the continuity and preservation of existing community managed gardens and open spaces in Philadelphia, primarily in low and moderate income neighborhoods.
