With the support of city officials and the help of hardworking children, Mrs. Parsons transformed a one-acre garbage dump into 400 fertilized plots open to children of all classes and races.
Dan Nosowitz
Dan Nosowitz is a freelance writer who lives in Brooklyn. He has written for Popular Science, The Awl, BuzzFeed, Atlas Obscura, Modern Farmer, Gawker and others. His fire escape garden is not, strictly speaking, legal.
