Community Garden 1759

Community Garden 1759 (HM106M)

Location: Winston-Salem, NC 27106 Forsyth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 9.36', W 80° 17.95'

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The earliest garden was planted near the Wagner Cabin in 1754. The area was later enlarged by the head garnener, Jacob Lung, to include one half acre and appear as they do today. The members of the community worked in the garden together and then shared the produce. They called this arrangement "the Oeconomy." These are the only known well-documented colonial community gardens in America, and remain as community gardens today.

"Their garden has given them good service; from May 8th to July 5th they had salad every day for dinner; and nearly every evening also. When the salad came to an end they ate cucumbers for three weeks, with three or four meals of sugar peas, and squashes twice. Everything goes grows rapidly here."
Br. Jacob Loesch, letter, August 14, 1754.
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HM NumberHM106M
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Placed ByHistoric Bethabara Park
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Date Added Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 10:08pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 563040 N 4001478
Decimal Degrees36.15600000, -80.29916667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 9.36', W 80° 17.95'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 9' 21.60" N, 80° 17' 57.00" W
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Area Code(s)336
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2200-2218 Bethabara Rd, Winston-Salem NC 27106, US
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