Category — Children

1900-1914
Elizabeth Peabody House
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Children gardening in the community vegetable garden at the corner of Charles and Poplar Street, near the Elizabeth Peabody House in Boston’s West End neighborhood.

Five more wonderful photos of the children on the next page.

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A trailer showing Zell and Krist growing, revitalizing, and transforming the Artan Garden into a Creative Cultural Centre in North Bay Ontario.

Artan Garden

Mr. and Mrs. Artan came to North Bay with their family over 35 years ago. Mr. Artan built a cottage at the end of Judge St. The foundation is still there in the back parking lot. Mr. Artan came with many skills; his talents in stone masonry, cement, and permacultural design came from his long career as a General Contractor, at the age of ten, Artan was laying ceramic shingles on Mediterranean homes. Artan Contracting was a thriving business and employed many in the community.

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From the book: Marigold Garden

Pictures and Rhymes by Kate Greenaway
Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, the first edition was published in 1885 by George Routledge and Sons, London & New York.

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Photographs of the New York city schools.
Schauffler, Alfred Theodore, 1839-1915 

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Let us farm our garden

Artiste: Louisette Jaeger, 14 ans
Ecole Communale de la Rue Camou
Editeur: Comité national de prévoyance et d’économies
Union française
Date: approx. 1915-1918 Paris
Notes: Affiche produite par une écolìère française.

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Photo by Michael Levenston

Maria grew three colourful varieties of corn this year at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. Visiting six-year-olds from a neighbourhood after-school program were fascinated by the new colours of their favourite food and each child got to taste a kernel from a freshly picked cob.

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“I’ll be grown up,” said Caraway,
“And out of school Thanksgiving Day;
And that’s a good thing, too, ’cause you see,
They can’t make cookies without me.”

100 beautiful illustrations! Highly recommended! (Mike)

By Elizabeth Gordon
Illustrations M.T Ross
P.F. Volland and Co. Chicago
1914

A seed, little friends, is really a plant or a tree all wrapped up in a little brown bundle. If you plant it in the ground it will grow, and when it is old enough it will bear fruit, because God has made it so.

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By Mrs. Elizabeth Turner
from The Daisy; or, Cautionary Stories in Verse
1807

Poisonous Fruit

As Tommy and his sister Jane
Were walking down a shady lane,
They saw some berries, bright and red,
That hung around and over head;

And soon the bough they bended down,
To make the scarlet fruit their own;
And part they ate, and part, in play,
They threw about, and flung away.

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Cowslip or More Cautionary Stories in Verse
By Mrs. Elizabeth Turner
1811

The Worm

As Sally sat upon the ground,
A little crawling worm she found,
Among the garden dirt;

And when she saw the worm, she scream’d,
And ran away and cried,
As if she had been hurt.

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by Albert Alden 1834

A Scene at Sunrise

“This picture represents a scene in the country at sunrise. The farmer with a hoe in one hand, and in the other a basket, is going forth to his daily labour. He rises early and is very industrious, toiling cheerfully with the hopes of an abundant harvest. At a distance we see a cottage which belongs to the farmer and the maid who takes care of the dairy is milking one of the cows. Another cow is lying down on the green grass.

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Our garden veggies and fruit go to West Side Family Place

Head gardener Sharon Slack drives five minutes from the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden to donate freshly harvested organic food to Family Place.

West Side Family Place in Kitsilano is a resource centre dedicated to supporting families with young children. It is a place to meet new friends, gain a sense of community, and to receive ongoing assistance that helps families to raise healthy, happy children.

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Trevor Sargent watching them grow: During a visit to Cushinstown N.S. in Wexford to promote his ‘Incredible Edibles’ programme.

Children Rewarded for Seedy Behaviour

June 26, 2009

The green shoots of Ireland’s farming future gathered today for the final of Agri Aware’s Incredible Edibles growing challenge. Ten schools relayed the highlights of their farming quest with poetry, drama and a host of other activities including a mini-election.

Growing diaries (scrapbooks) of all shapes and sizes documented the nutritional and horticultural knowledge gained by primary school children all over Ireland. Over 200 children received the fruits of their labour when Trevor Sargent T.D., Minister for Food and Horticulture presented the ten finalists with €10,000 in educational funds.

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Written by Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Thacher Hurd. Pictures by Gertrude Elliott. 1951.

Famous children’s author Margaret Wise Brown (1910 – 1952). Author of children’s classics Good Night Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942).

From her biography:

Her social circle included the famous and royalty. She dated the then Prince of Spain, Juan Carlos, and was friends with John Barrymore and his one of wives, Michael Strange. She was reputed to have had a long term affair with a prominent New York attorney and with Michael Strang. Her Vinylhaven, Maine retreat was purchased to be near the attorney, but it became legendary because of Margaret’s touches of hospitality and humor.

Since there was no electricity on the property, her well served as a refrigerator. Butter, milk and other perishables could be had simply by pulling up the appropriately labled rope. She stored wine in the streams, strategically placing bottles to refresh her guests on hikes around the property.

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HOLLYWOOD – MAY 12: Anna Getty, Nicole Richie, and Amy Smart attend The Environmental Media Association’s Organic Gardens Initiative launch held at The Helen Bernstein High School on May 12, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
Photo: Alexandra Wyman

EMA’s Young Hollywood Board launches the School Gardens Program!

The Environmental Media Association (EMA), Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and sponsor Yes To Carrots, a natural personal care brand, have launched an ongoing partnership to support organic gardens and greenery in urban schools across Los Angeles. EMA will directly support a number of school gardens through funding and celebrity mentoring via EMA’s Young Hollywood Board. Yes To Carrots will support the campaign through its non-profit Yes To Carrots Seed Fund, which helps underserved communities to develop self-sustaining, organic food sources.

The Organic Gardens partnership launched on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood and the initial thrust of the program will cover 10 LAUSD schools. Once established, the Organic Gardens Program will expand its support to 25 schools within the LAUSD.

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Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress) between 1910 and 1920
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Sheridan School War Gardens. Trespassers, Destroyers and Thieves. Beware $100. fine. One year imprisonment. Dogs are subject to the law. Keep them off.

By Elizabeth Orton Jones 1945

The warm sun is shining in our garden.
That’s where I planted seeds not long ago.
Such little wrinkled things they were
As I held them in my hand!
Now they have grown into vegetables,
Many shapes, many colors, many tastes.

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Help Goodness Grow

“At Campbell, we believe quality ingredients are grown from the ground up – and make truly delicious soup. That’s why, for over 70 years we’ve painstakingly cultivated seeds for tomatoes that go into our delicious soup.

“Now you can get seeds we use for growing tomatoes. Your request will help Campbell donate seeds to plants gardens in communities and schools across America. This is all part of our commitment to the National FFA Organization, which is dedicated to developing our future leaders through agricultural education.

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By Alice Waters
Photographs by David Liittschwager
80 color photographs
Published in December, 2008

Edible Schoolyard — One of America’s most influential chefs, Alice Waters created a revolution in 1971 when she introduced local, organic fare at her Berkeley, California, restaurant, Chez Panisse. Twenty-five years later, she and a small group of teachers and volunteers turned over long-abandoned soil at an urban middle school in Berkeley and planted the Edible Schoolyard.

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It looks like spring is here!
Let’s grow a garden,
full of good and tasty vegetables.
We start by
getting little packets of seeds,
and tiny, leafy
seedlings all ready
to plant.

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