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Franky in New York
The Italian Radio Hour - July 7, 2022
The Tradition of the Italian American Garden
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - October 8, 2021
To grow and harvest figs here, “you got to work at it”
Growing Greener Podcast - February 3, 2021
Atlas Obscura - December 16, 2020
The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places
LA CUCINA ITALIANA - October 30, 2020
Preserving the Italian Vegetable Garden in America
Italian American Podcast - June 8, 2020
Secrets of the Italian Garden with Special Guest Mary Menniti
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere - May 23, 2020
Live Coffee Chat: The Italian American Vegetable Garden
We The Italians - June 11, 2018
Nature, Food, and Family: The Italian Garden Project
NIAF Ambassador Magazine - Spring, 2017, Page 14
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - October 6, 2016
Fig Trees Are An Italian Tradition And Need Winter Care
Pittsburgh Quarterly - Fall, 2016
The Suffolk Times - July 3, 2016
Real Estate: The Man with the 'Golden Thumb'
L'Italo-Americano - April 29, 2016
The Italian American Garden Project
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 26, 2015
A Chef Salutes Italian Project Gardeners
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 26, 2015
Italian Garden Project Celebrates the Secrets of Fresh-Picked Flavor and Quality Produce
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - August 25, 2015
Garden Heritage Project Documents, Preserves Italian Traditions
NPR All Things Considered - December 25, 2014
Why Bury Fig Trees? A Curious Tradition Preserves A Taste of Italy
WQED TV Channel 13 Pittsburgh - October 30, 2014
We Dig Plants Podcast - October 6, 2014
Episode 137 - The Italian Garden Project
Pittsburgh Magazine - August 27, 2014
Grow. Cook. Drink.: The Italian Garden Project
WESA FM radio 90.5 "Essential Pittsburgh" program - August 26, 2014
Italian Traditions in the Garden
National Italian American Foundation - August 18, 2014
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 16, 2014
While Growing Figs is Hard, for Those Who Do the Harvest is That Much Sweeter
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 14, 2014
Urban Farmer Aldo Sauro Finds his Calling
KDKA Radio AM 1020 "The Organic Gardeners" program - June 29, 2014
Doug Oster Interviews Mary Menniti of The Italian Garden Project
Pittsburgh City Paper - June 18, 2014
Mary Menniti's Italian Garden Project Seeks to Document and Celebrate a Horticultural Tradition
Sewickley Herald - June 12, 2014
Italian Gardeners Strive to Preserve Old World Lifestyle in Sewickley
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 31, 2013
Sewickley Chicken Coop Tour a Chance to See Poultry in Motion
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 11, 2013
Sewickley Herald - April 18,2013
Sewickley Valley Italian Gardens to be Spotlighted in Smithsonian Project
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 19, 2011
Walkabout: Gardeners Grasp Beauty of Old Ways in Morningside
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - November 13, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - August 7, 2010