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1 September 2003 Hmong Gardens: Botanical Diversity in an Urban Setting
Jan L. Corlett, Ellen A. Dean, Louis E. Grivetti
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Since the end of the Vietnam War, thousands of Laotian Hmong have immigrated to the United States, many ultimately resettling in the Central Valley of California. In the inner-city environment of Sacramento, the Hmong continue their agrarian traditions by creating urban gardens where they grow traditional plants. In this study, we document 59 Hmong garden species grown at a site in South Sacramento. Most of these species are documented in the Southeast Asian botanical literature as either food or medicinal plants. Uses of the plants are discussed as is the importance of urban gardens in maintaining Hmong cultural identity and practices.

Jan L. Corlett, Ellen A. Dean, and Louis E. Grivetti "Hmong Gardens: Botanical Diversity in an Urban Setting," Economic Botany 57(3), 365-379, (1 September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2003)057[0365:HGBDIA]2.0.CO;2
Received: 6 August 2001; Accepted: 1 August 2002; Published: 1 September 2003
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food and medicinal plants
Hmong Gardens
Laotian immigrants
Sacramento
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