Community Gardens

Harvesting Crops

Description:The practical-minded administration of Robert Moses boasted of growing "plants of economic interest" such as cotton, peanuts, flax, wheat, Indian corn and "old-fashioned herbs" at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn.

Location: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

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