Farmers Market, 1940
This file appears in: Ben Franklin Elementary Gardening Program
Children from Benjamin Franklin Elementary School sell the produce grown in their school gardens to older students.
Image courtesy of Cleveland State Library Special Collections
This file appears in: Ben Franklin Elementary Gardening Program
Ben Franklin Elementary Gardening Program
In 1904, the Cleveland Public Schools began a small school gardening program which quickly expanded into a multi-million dollar, district-wide deal. Generations of schoolchildren participated by growing food, beautifying vacant lots, and learning…