Alice’s Garden: Where culture and agriculture meet in Milwaukee
Beyond the garden plots, Alice’s Garden runs events such as reading circles, herbal apprenticeships, evening artisan’s markets, free yoga classes and cooking demonstrations
By Maria Peralta-Arellano
WUWM 89.7 FM
Oct 30, 2025
Excerpt:
Alice’s Garden Urban Farm has strong roots in Milwaukee’s Black community. Located northwest of downtown, its history starts with displacement, after a highway that was never built forced African Americans out of Milwaukee’s original Bronzeville neighborhood.
After the land was cleared, a park and the garden were eventually built there. It’s named after Alice Mead-Taylor, the First African American executive director of Milwaukee County Extension. The 2.2 acre farm also sits on the site that marks the beginning of Wisconsin’s underground railroad.
Venice Williams, the farm’s executive director, believes culture deserves to be celebrated and reclaimed in agricultural spaces.
Williams says the American history of enslavement and colonization has impacted Black and brown communities’ relationship with the land.
“Over the years, food and land has been and continues to be weaponized against brown and Black people. So, part of my role, part of my responsibility as one of the caretakers of this land is to help Black folks to understand that the, the shame of that period of enslavement is not ours to carry,” says Williams.
On top of that, growing your own food can give people a sense of autonomy over what they eat.
“So, helping people of African descent in this country to understand that we, we deserve land and good soil to cultivate our own food and there’s nothing to be ashamed about with that and we should not be running from that,” says Williams.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/alices-garden-where-culture-and-agriculture-meet-in-milwaukee/
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