
Lynchburg Garden Party Celebrates Black Garden Heritage!
What a serendipity! Earth Day coincides with the 90th anniversary of the Negro Garden Clubs of Virginia, and this year gardeners celebrated this historic event at the Anne Spencer Museum and Gardens in Lynchburg, VA. In April, 1932, Hampton University hosted the founding meeting that federated the state's Black garden clubs into a powerhouse institution that would transform redlined neighborhoods, register voters, train female leaders, address food insecurity, and bring art a