About this episode

The episode discusses the creation of a community garden in Boyertown, inspired by historical Victory Gardens and the Studio B Art Gallery's project.

As a way to celebrate the history of the country and participate in Studio B Art Gallery's "In Service" project, when the space to create a community garden--those gardens that historically served wartime soldiers and later local families--became available, Theresa Heist and co-hort Katie Emslie went to work. The episode explores the idea's origin, some history of Victory Gardens, the plan for the 2026 version, and an update about what's growing and will be harvested. And while, technical difficulties prevented a tidy ending to the episode, we'll catch up to learn more about Katie in a future episode. .

People in this episode

Host: Jane Stahl

Guests: Theresa Heist, Katie Emslie

Topics covered

• community garden
• Victory Gardens
• local history
• art projects
• sustainability

Keywords

• community garden
• Victory Gardens
• Boyertown
• Studio B Art Gallery
• sustainability
• local history
• art projects

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Studio B Art Gallery

Books & works: Victory Gardens

Places: Boyertown

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