Virtual exhibit of Chinatown Community Garden 1974-1985

October 2, 2023 – January 15, 2024
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 North 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
Free
Virtual
View exhibit: https://phsmcleanlibrary.omeka.net/exhibits/show/chinatown-community-garden–19/chinatown-community-garden–19

The Chinatown Community Garden, founded by the neighbors in 1974 and active for a decade, succumbed to the Vine Street Expressway expansion project in 1985. This virtual exhibition focuses on the garden’s early years, its intergenerational focus and health benefits to the community, and its introduction of plants indigenous to China to the wider community of Philadelphia gardeners.