Victory Never Gets Old

The Victory Gardens, located in the Fenway area of Boston, provide a glimpse into gardens of the past, present, and future.

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I had the chance to enjoy a chilly hebdomad in Boston at the end of March and pass much of it tromping through empty gardens just waiting to be planted .

I was specially interested in seeing the historical site of theFenway Victory Gardens , the last of the original public victory gardens from World War II . Even though I knew I would n’t see any vegetables or prime growing this fourth dimension of year , I still wanted to visit a shoes where Americans institute the war garden I ’ve heard so much about .

While our troops fought overseas , President Franklin Roosevelt encourage gardeners across the commonwealth to produce their own solid food in response to food shortages and to support the war exploit . ( VisitVictory Gardento see film footage from original Victory Garden promotions . )

For a vegetable gardener like me , visiting the garden was worth a long hike in a inhuman fart . I was surprised to see there are still more than 500 garden secret plan place on seven acres . Each plot is about 15 x 25 feet and seems to shine the personality of the gardener who tend it . It ’s unlike any community garden I ’ve seen .

I ’m not indisputable how many of these plots will be plant with vegetable and herbs this spring . Many have minuscule lawns surrounded by evergreen plant tree diagram and shrubs . Some have beautiful molded iron gates and others are concatenation data link . Some have wide-eyed garden structures , but others have elaborate arbors . Paths of brick or stepping stone run through many garden space .

In addition to the private plots , there ’s a Special Needs garden plan and work up in 1999 by the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers at Northeastern University .

I ’d jazz to see the gardens when everything is in full prime . If you ’ve been there in summer , please post some of your observation or photograph here .

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This birds-eye view of the Fenway Victory Gardens, taken from the 50th story of the Prudential Tower, shows how the gardens are nestled into the surrounding city. Fenway Park is located in the upper right corner.Photo/Illustration: John Pendleton