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=== Early gardening programs ===
In 1895, the first gardens were founded in New York City by a committee of the [[Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor|New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor]] (AICP). The committee promoted the idea of gardening on vacant lots following the success of the first community gardening program in Detroit as a way to address food insecurity and lessen the reliance on charities and taxpayers.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Lawson |first=Laura J. |title=City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America |publisher=University of California Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-520-24343-9 |pages=26-27, 46}}</ref> The committee also advocated for gardens as a way to develop skills in the hopes that gardeners would relocate to the country. The gardens were located in [[Long Island City]] on 7,200 city lots donated by [[William Steinway]]. [[Allotment (gardening)|Allotments]] for the roughly 100 families who tended the land ranged from one-quarter of an acre to eight acres. By the end of the first season, the program was deemed a success growing $11,000 worth of produce with a clear profit margin for farmers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1895-10-20 |title=QUARTER-ACRE FARMING A SUCCESS; Over $6,000 Profit for Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor's City Lot Tillers. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1895/10/20/archives/quarteracre-farming-a-success-over-6000-profit-for-association-for.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1898, the AICP published a report about the gardening program as an ideal solution to unemployment and listed similar projects in nineteen cities.<ref name=":7" />
[[File:Dewitt-1906.jpg|thumb|[[DeWitt Clinton Park]] garden area in 1906 with the unobstructed views of the Palisades]]
As adult interest in gardens began to wane, there was a renewed interest in children's gardening with the advocacy of [[Frances Griscom Parsons|Fannie Griscom Parsons]] in New York City. In [[DeWitt Clinton Park]], Parsons created a large educational garden in the
=== Community gardening movement ===
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