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Episode IV in our video series - Seed Saving with Fenice

Episode IV in our video series - Seed Saving with Fenice

Seed Saving, Traditions, Heirloom, Gardens, GardenersMary MennitiJanuary 18, 2021Comment

The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places

The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places

Fig Trees, Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, In The News, Seed Saving, TraditionsMary MennitiDecember 18, 2020 Comments

Episode III in our video series - Nicola and Fenice's Garden

Episode III in our video series - Nicola and Fenice's Garden

Seed Saving, Traditions, Heirloom, Gardeners, Gardens, Fig TreesMary MennitiOctober 30, 2020Comment

Keeping up with the Italian American Gardener

Keeping up with the Italian American Gardener

Gardeners, GardensMary MennitiOctober 2, 2020grapes, mosto cotto, olives, winemaking Comments

Episode II in our video series - Pasquale's Garden

Episode II in our video series - Pasquale's Garden

Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, In The News, TraditionsMary MennitiAugust 27, 2020Comment

Meet Domenico

Meet Domenico

Gardens, Gardeners, Heirloom, TraditionsMary MennitiAugust 22, 2020 Comments

Announcing the First Episode in our New Video Series: Tomato Staking and Pruning

Announcing the First Episode in our New Video Series: Tomato Staking and Pruning

Gardeners, Gardens, Chickens, Fig Trees, In The News, TraditionsMary MennitiJuly 30, 2020Comment

Braiding Onions and Garlic

Braiding Onions and Garlic

Traditions, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 20, 2020food, gardening, gardens, garlic, garlic braiding, Italian, onion braiding, onions, traditions Comments

The Italian Garden Project™ Explained

The Italian Garden Project™ Explained

Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, TraditionsMary MennitiJanuary 1, 2020 Comments

Italian Gardeners: The Next Generation

Italian Gardeners: The Next Generation

Gardeners, Gardens, Fig Trees, TraditionsMary MennitiMarch 5, 2017 Comment

An Afternoon in Italy in California

An Afternoon in Italy in California

Gardens, GardenersElise CanupDecember 2, 2016california, food, Italian American, Italian foodComment

Italian Gardeners Bloom Wherever They are Planted

Italian Gardeners Bloom Wherever They are Planted

Gardeners, GardensElise CanupNovember 26, 2016california, flower industry, greenhouse, hothouse, Italian American, San Francisco Comments

On the Road: New York

On the Road: New York

Gardens, GardenersMary MennitiNovember 8, 2016Brooklyn, gardening, gardens, Italian, Italian American, Italian American gardens, long island, New York, New York City, staten island Comment

Tomatoes at the Diamond

Tomatoes at the Diamond

Gardeners, GardensElise CanupNovember 2, 2016baseball, Italian American, Italian American gardens, MLB, tomatoesComment

My Father's Garden - A Memoir

My Father's Garden - A Memoir

Gardens, GardenersElise CanupOctober 5, 2016Brooklyn, family history, immigration, New York City, urban gardenComment

Chestnuts 101

Chestnuts 101

GardenersMary MennitiOctober 22, 2014chestnut tree, chestnuts, fig trees, figs Comments

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part II

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part II

Fig Trees, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 13, 2014fig trees, figs, shootsComment

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part I

Caring for Fig Shoots, Part I

Fig Trees, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 4, 2014figs Comments

Did Your Fig Tree Survive the Winter?

Did Your Fig Tree Survive the Winter?

Fig Trees, GardenersMary MennitiApril 20, 2014fava beans, fig, fig tree, figs Comments

The Generous Gardeners

The Generous Gardeners

GardenersMary MennitiOctober 19, 2013Bronx, Eataly, figs, La Scuola di Eataly, mushrooms, New York City, olives Comment