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Hailed as stewards but legally squatters, longtime community gardeners say they need help staying grounded. | Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2024

Philly City Council passes Land Bank acquisition bill considered key to garden land security | WHYY, May 2024

‘We’re here to start a conversation’: Philly gardeners talk land security with Cherelle Parker ahead of election | WHYY, November 2023

Resistance is a Garden | Philadelphia Citizen, November 2023

Philadelphia buys $1 million in liens to protect community gardens from sheriff’s sale | Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2023

‘We don’t have to be in jeopardy’: Philly gardeners cheer city deal to buy back liens | WHYY, June 2023

César Andreu Iglesias Gardens in West Kensington is opening a kitchen without walls | Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2023 

Community gardens say ‘unfair’ Philly Land Bank practice makes preservation harder | WHYY, March 2023

West Kensington’s community garden is a refuge  | Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2022

To protect green space threatened by U.S. Bank liens, immediate action must be taken | Opinion, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2021

A decades-old money-making scheme has trapped hundreds of poor Philly blocks in limbo, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2021

Neighbors in North Philly Create Iglesias Garden to Help Bring People Together, NBC10, September 2021

A look at Workers’ Day at César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2021

See how Iglesias Garden florece en West Kensington, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2021

Iglesias Garden becomes a safe space for residents seeking ‘sovereignty’ in North Philly, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2021

Philadelphia Land Bank is finally selling its vacant lots. Now the question is who will benefit, WHYY, February 2021

Reclaiming Commons: A Portrait-Story Project of Gardening in Philly, Francesco di Santis, Winter 2020

Moving Maps: Puerto Ricans Struggle for Their Place in Philadelphia, Latino Rebels, November 2020

Plan for mixed-income housing in North Philly suffers set back, WHYY, September 2020

‘An Act of Thanks,’ North Philly community celebrates a win against gentrification, Generocity, September 2020

In fast-developing corner of North Philly, vacant lots become priceless, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2020

A plan to control development in North Philly heightens gentrification fears: ‘Everything is in jeopardy’, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2020

Philadelphia Land Bank halts plan to redevelop Kensington gardens into housing, WHYY, March 2020

South Kensington gardeners challenge housing project — and win a conversation, WHYY, June 2020

“Community Is Home”: The César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden, Philadelphia Partisan, December 2019

At Philly’s community gardens, growing frustration over their future, WHYY, May 2019