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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...

Margaret Pickoff

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...

Alicia Shulman

Foresting Philly: Jasmine Thompson

Jasmine Thompson grew up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She spent two years working in Northern California with two...

Kate Galer

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...

Alicia Shulman

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...

Laura Cruz

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...

Julie Bare

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...