Alicia Shulman
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
- 4 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 11 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 8 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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Julicia James
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Ayse Pogue
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
Lindsey Muscavitch: One Random Botany Class and the Rest is History
I met Lindsey Muscavitch on one of our first Zoom calls for the newly formed Women in Hort Chicago group. When she mentioned her...
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Hanna von Schlegell
- Dec 13, 2020
- 2 min
WinH Book Club: A Gentle Plea for Chaos
Women in Horticulture held a virtual book club meeting to discuss A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler on Sunday, November 8th. WinH...
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Julie Bare
- Sep 9, 2020
- 9 min
Professional Show and Tell: Go To Garden Gear
On Sunday, July 12th, 2020 Women in Horticulture held our first virtual Professional Show and Tell! Professional Show and Tells are a...
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Maddie Perzel
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Online Book Club Discussion: Silent Spring
In these new COVID-19 times, we had to pivot along with the rest of the world to find a creative way to continue programming otherwise...
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Martha Keen
- Mar 13, 2020
- 3 min
Jenna Bachman: For the Love of Plants
Jenna Bachman is a Philadelphia-based horticulturist who currently works at Andalusia Historic House and Gardens, a sprawling landscape...
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Julie Bare
- Feb 20, 2020
- 5 min
Financial Planning with Gerry O'Neill
Financial planning isn't everyone's idea of a fun Saturday afternoon but a little planning now can insure that you're able to have lots...
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Martha Keen
- Feb 16, 2020
- 4 min
Sunny Sarah Snow
Sarah Snow is a professional gardener with a wealth of unique experiences in horticulture spanning the Eastern seaboard. After graduating...
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Lucy Dinsmore
- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
2020 Seed Swap & Book Exchange
On a balmy day in January, Women in Hort hosted another successful seed swap in Mt. Airy. The weather was springlike in the mid-60's, and...
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Martha Keen
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Featured Horticulturists: 2019 in Review
To all of our readers, Happy New Year! Thank you for following along, commenting, and sharing our Featured Horticulturist profiles in...
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Martha Keen
- Dec 6, 2019
- 6 min
Mae Lin Plummer & the Laughing Garden Philosophy
Mae Lin Plummer had an 18-year corporate career as a project manager until one weekend-long short course in botany upended her life as...
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Martha Keen
- Nov 8, 2019
- 8 min
Living the American Dream: Sandra Lopez Cortez
A glimpse into a day in the life of Sandra Lopez Cortez would show her at times working her full time job, juggling several volunteer...
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Julie Bare
- Oct 6, 2019
- 2 min
WinH on the Road Part 2: Bamboo Brook
When we last left off the Women in Hort crew had just finished lunch and was venturing out through meadows, along streams and up hills to...
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