Detroit - Shoreway in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Templin-Bradley Company
Penny Packet Seeds
Photographed By J. J. Prats, June 21, 2019
1. The Templin-Bradley Company Marker
Inscription.
The Templin-Bradley Company. Penny Packet Seeds. In 1907, the Templin-Bradley Company’s Children’s Flower Mission was developed in response to the Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program, supplying seed packets for 1 cent each , commonly referred to as Penny Packet Seeds. This earned the company a reputation for being the nation’s largest distributor of seeds for school garden programs. Although only nine varieties of plants were offered, interest was so great that nearly 50,000 packages were sold during the first year with no expense to the public-school teachers. With great success realized in the local school gardening program, interest grew exponentially across the nation and programs began in other cities. For fifty years, the Templin-Bradley Company sold flower and vegetable seeds at low costs to student members of garden groups throughout the country, cultivating many generations of gardeners.
In 1907, the Templin-Bradley Company’s Children’s Flower Mission was developed in response to the Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program, supplying seed packets for 1 cent each — commonly referred to as Penny Packet Seeds. This earned the company a reputation for being the nation’s largest distributor of seeds for school garden programs. Although only nine varieties of plants were offered, interest was so great that nearly 50,000 packages were sold during the first year with no expense to the public-school teachers. With great success realized in the local school gardening program, interest grew exponentially across the nation and programs began in other cities. For fifty years, the Templin-Bradley Company sold flower and vegetable seeds at low costs to student members of garden groups throughout the country, cultivating many generations of gardeners.
Erected 2015 by the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and The Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 114-18.)
29.124′ N, 81° 43.532′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Detroit - Shoreway. Marker is on Detroit Avenue (Alternate U.S. 6) west of West 54th Street, on the right when traveling west. It is at the Templin-Bradley Lofts building in the Gordon Square Arts District in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5700 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH 44102, United States of America. Touch for directions.
It is to the right of the mobile sculpture, “Garden Mirrors,” by Steve O’Hearn.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, June 21, 2019
3. The Templin-Bradley Company, now The Templin-Bradley Lofts
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 376 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on July 20, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
