Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1915 — Cultivating Vacant Lots. [ARTICLE]

Cultivating Vacant Lots.

Vacant lot gardening has greatly Increased in Philadelphia during the last year. More than six hundred families were engaged in the healthful and remunerative work of cultivating the spaces of idle land in various sections of the city. The work is carried on under the direction of the Philadelphia Vacant Lot Cultivation association. Since its organization in 1897 this organization has accomplished much in affording opportunity for self-help in Philadelphia. It secures the temporary use of idle land and assigns gardening thereon to people who ar> in need of money, as well as a healthful occupation. Not only by this scheme is a chance for healthful and profitable work afforded, but it prevents these vacant spaces from being used as unsightly dumping grounds.