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The Historical Development of the School Garden Movement in the USA

Green Hope, River Edge, New Jersey 07661, USA., Hye Jin Keum

Journal of people, plants, and environment

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The philosophical background and historical development of the school garden movement in the USA were examined. The movement demonstrated a process of formation, decline, and revival. It began to diminish after World War I and was pushed to extinction by technological advancements in the 1950s, before resurging from the 1990s to address childhood obesity, nature-deficit, and improve academic achievements.