Victory Garden

09/25/08 • 5 min

An Unnatural History of Golden Gate Park

In WWII San Francisco citizens were invited to tend vegetable plots in Golden Gate Park as park of the city’s Victory Garden program. Today there is a resurgence of interest in gardening, urban agriculture, and expanding the local food shed.

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The Children’s Playground in Golden Gate Park is the oldest public play area reserved exclusively for children in the United States. Since it opened in 1888 it has existed in three distinct iterations.

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