Bernadette Cozart
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Bernadette Cozart (May 17, 1949
Biography
In 1989, Cozart founded the Greening of Harlem Coalition[2] to help residents regenerate and take responsibility for their own neighborhoods, transform rundown vacant lots in Harlem and other neighborhoods in New York City into flower gardens and to restore existing green spaces. Cozart formed alliances with many neighborhood organizations to help make these community gardens a reality. One major partner in the movement towards green spaces and the renewal of playgrounds in Harlem was Barbara Barlow, a surgeon at Harlem Hospital who worked with Cozart to create positive green spaces in the community.[3] Much of Cozart's focus was on the establishment of gardens at New York City schools. The gardens were constructed at several public schools. Among the examples of gardens designed by Cozart and the Greening of Harlem Coalition was a playground with garden boxes at P.S. 197 and a Japanese style garden with a pagoda at P.S. 134.[2]
Cozart explained her advocacy for school gardens in a 1993
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Death
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References
- ^ Profile, tributes.com; accessed April 3, 2017.
- ^ a b c Bernstein, Emily (1993-12-26). "Neighborhood Report: Harlem; Sowing a Future With Green in It". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ISBN 978-0-19-802902-1.
- ^ Tenusak, K. (1995). Greenings from Harlem. American Forests, 101(9), 72.
- ^ a b c d e Jordan, Tracy (2009-07-29). "Former Allentown Garden Club president has fatal heart attack in city park". The Morning Call. Retrieved 2009-07-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Profile, mcall.com, July 30, 2009; accessed September 2, 2015.
Sources
- Neu, Diann L. Return Blessings: Ecofeminist Liturgies Renewing the Earth, Wild Goose Publications; ISBN 1-901557-83-9(2004)