Interview with Sharon Hildebrand (Brewerytown Garden)
Channel: Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Project
Date: 2023-01-04

Interview with Sharon Hildebrand, founding member and steering committee chair at Brewerytown Garden. The interview covers Hildebrand's gardening background across national borders and her initial experience gardening at Marathon Farm Community Garden, which went on to become Brewerytown Garden. The interview also provides Hildebrand's perspective on Brewerytown Garden's developments over the years, including how Philadelphia Parks and Recreation came to aid in the preservation of the garden for the FarmPhilly program. Other topics discussed include garden health and entertainment programming, organizational partnerships, and creating the garden logo. The interview concludes with Hildebrand's plans to continue the garden's community food production and programming.

Interview and recording credit: Joe Makuc
Photo caption: photo looking toward the mural of Brewerytown Garden on the east wall showing its multicolored flowers and deep purple beets, with raised wooden-walled beds of mixed lettuces below the mural
Photo credit: Brewerytown Garden