The Business of Horticulture in Philadelphia and Cemetery Plants

Presented by: Joel Fry and Nicole Juday Rhoads

Location: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Town Hall
100 N 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Joel will discuss Philadelphia's early horticultural economy and the city's role in shaping early horticulture in America. He will also share research on the rise of hobby gardening in the 19th century and nurseries that catered to the middle class. These trends related to the development of greenhouse technology, which allowed the mass production of cheap flowering plants. Nicole will share history of gardening in cemeteries through the plants she has observed and collected over years of cemetery haunting.

About Joel: Joel Fry is the Curator of Historical Collections at Bartram's Garden.

About Nicole: Nicole is the Director of Engagement for The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society with a passion for sturdy, heirloom plants often found in cemeteries.