Woman's National Farm & Garden Association

Woman's National Farm & Garden Association
Abbreviation WNF&GA
Formation 1914
Founder Louisa Boyd Yeomans King
Type Non-profit organization
Region
East North Central States, Northeastern United States
President
 Molly Hammerle
Main organ
 Farm & Garden
Website www.wnfga.org

The Woman's National Farm & Garden Association (WNF&GA) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to promoting agriculture and horticulture. Membership is open to men and women; chapters are active in the Northeastern United States and the East North Central States.

History

The WNF&GA was founded in 1914, as the Women's National Agricultural and Horticultural Association. The name was changed to Woman's National Farm & Garden Association in 1916.[1] The founders included Jane Bowne Haines, Louisa King, Elizabeth Price Martin, Elizabeth Leighton Lee, and Hilda Loines.[2][3] King served as its first president from 1914 to 1920.[4]

During World War I, WNF&GA joined other groups in organizing the Woman's Land Army of America: women agricultural volunteers replaced men called into military service. The temporary workers were known as "farmerettes."[5]

The organization was an early promoter of horticultural therapy, describing the investigations of Elizabeth Hall in an article in its magazine in 1925. In 1952, Alice Wessels Burlingame initiated a workshop that led to a nine-year study, published as Therapy Through Horticulture. In 1984, WNF&GA established a scholarship in Burlingame's name for undergraduate students in the field of horticultural therapy.[6]

Membership and Organization

The organization consists of various branches in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, plus members at large. The Michigan and New York branches comprise divisions for their respective states.[7] The current president is Molly Hammerle.[8]

Recognition

The Ambler Arboretum of Temple University has named its visitors center in honor of the Woman's National Farm & Garden Association.[9] The Ambler campus was the site of the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women (PSHW), founded in 1911, as well as the founding site of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association (WNF&GA) in 1914. Artifacts from the School and the WNF&GA are on display in the Hilda Justice building at the Temple Ambler campus. [10]

Publications

WNF&GA publishes Farm & Garden twice yearly.[11] The magazine is a continuation of the organization's Bulletin and Quarterly, published in the early years of the organization.

References

  1. ↑ Kraft (1973).
  2. ↑ "Woman's National Farm and Garden Association Comes Full Circle at Temple University Ambler". US Fed News Service, Including US State News. Washington, D.C.: HT Media Ltd. 2 June 2008.
  3. ↑ "History". Woman's National Farm & Garden Association. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Holbrook (2009).
  5. ↑ Wilkins, Patricia (Summer 2015). "Farmerettes in the Field: The Women's Land Army at Media Farm". Goldenseal. West Virginia Division of Culture and History. 41 (2): 34–39. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Horticultural Therapy and Woman's National Farm & Garden Association: A Brief History". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Woman's National Farm & Garden Association. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Contact Us". Woman's National Farm & Garden Association. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Gardens". Temple University. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Carey, Jenny Rose; et al. (2011). A Century of Cultivation: 100 Years From The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women To Temple University Ambler. H.G. Services, Inc. ISBN 978-0-9801037-5-5.
  11. ↑ "Magazine". Woman's National Farm & Garden Association. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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