Raleigh Saperstein

Senior Horticulturist at

Manages Edible Garden, Perennial Gardens, Rock Garden, Japanese Garden, Cactus and Succulent Garden, and many annual areas in between

Previous experience creating curriculum and growing food for Title 1 Elementary School Atlanta,

Atlanta Botanical Garden ● 30 acre urban garden in the heart of ● Features 1 acre Edible Garden and Outdoor Kitchen Organizations in Partnership: F.O.R. is located in Clarkston, GA “the most diverse square mile in America” -New York Times Magazine Who does F.O.R. serve?

https://friendsofrefugees.com/about-refugees/ FOR | Jolly Avenue Community Garden Alignment of Goals

Atlanta Botanical Garden: Friends of Refugees:

● Provide meaningful ● Promote refugees as community programs with entrepreneurs and for underserved ● Provide cultural populations in Metro opportunities for their Atlanta refugee constituents ● Utilize Outdoor Kitchen ● Increase public more often for festival- awareness of refugee level programming issues and diffuse ● Diversify our audiences myths and programs ● Engage and delight our visitors Gardening is the main food source for fresh foods in most home countries.

Gardening knowledge has been passed generationally; does it stop once they leave their home countries? Partnership | Refugee Recipe Celebration Centered in the Edible Garden and Outdoor Kitchen, with events held throughout the Garden

Held annually in June, to align with World Refugee Day

Saturday and Sunday, 10am– 3pm

2018 Event: 4000 visitors

Refugee owned businesses are hosted at Refugee Day celebration Atlanta Botanical Garden demographics

Women 25-54, HHI $100K, lives in-town, college educated

Average age of our daytime visitor is 42 and she's mostly female (66% of all visitors)

Secondary audience: Millennials who come for concerts, food and cocktails

Only Refugee event in Atlanta; one in Clarkston and one in

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Seeds and crops from distant regions are now utilized and displayed in our gardens this season

Okra ‘Fish’ pepper ‘Carolina African Runner’ peanut Seeds and crops from distant regions are now utilized and displayed in our gardens this season

‘Persian’ Basil ‘Turkish Orange’ eggplant Seeds and crops from distant regions are now utilized and displayed in our gardens this season Alignment of seasonal crops from SE Asia to Atlanta Humid subtropical climate

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/298818/filename/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf Hot Desert Climates across the world provide opportunities for gardens to create a conversation about other cultures \