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The Italian Garden Project
The mission of The Italian Garden Project™ is to celebrate the joy and wisdom inherent in the traditional Italian American vegetable garden, preserving this heritage and demonstrating its relevance for reconnecting to our food, our families and the earth.
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The Italian Garden Project™
Hall of Honor
A space to celebrate our heroes of self-sufficiency and age-old wisdom who have connected us to food, family, and the earth.
The Garden Gallery
Take a slideshow tour of some the beautiful Italian American vegetable gardens we visit throughout the country.
Archives of American Gardens
Documenting a traditional Italian American vegetable garden
for the Smithsonian Institute’s Archives of American Gardens
Tools of theGarden
In an Italian garden it is not unusual to find tools that have been handed down from one generation to the next - beautiful, weathered works of art. These are tools that know the feel of busy, industrious hands. These are hands that never shy from hard work and are always happiest with a little dirt under their nails.
