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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0012-accs
  • Summary(0:46) Getting involved with the garden as a teacher at P.S. 75 in Bushwick -- (1:13) The garden sixteen years ago -- (1:50) The garden now -- (2:44) Working with students at the garden -- (3:30) Positive changes in neighborhood -- (3:44) Community uses of the garden -- (4:24) Lack of funding -- (5:30) Rewards of teaching children about gardening -- (6:17) Advice for future gardeners.
  • Date2016-07-29
  • Physical Description1 sound file (9 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorHart, Patie
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on July 29, 2016, by Samantha Feldman at Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Garden. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This interview stems from a shared partnership with Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Queens Land Trust under the name of Our Gardens, Our Stories.
  • SubjectCommunity gardens ; Gardening ; Horticulture ; Public schools--New York (State)--New York ; Shrinking cities ; Education ; Youth development ; Funding
  • PlaceBushwick (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Patie Hart conducted on 2016 July 29.