- City:
- Alhambra, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Gardens and Nurseries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
In 1934, a community garden was built in Alhambra, CA by the State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA). The 18-acre plot was worked by approximately twenty-five unemployed men in order to grow vegetables for the community in a self-sustaining manner. The community garden in Alhambra was one of thirty-five such plots located throughout Los Angeles county. The gardens are no longer extant.
Source notes
Pasadena Museum of History
"But Horses Could Do It Much Better." May 10, 1934. Los Angeles Times.
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 3, 2013.
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