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EDNA WADE

“Well, if they want to come in, we would all welcome them to come in and, everything we have done in here we would share it, and tell them what we did, and if they want to join they can pick up where we started. That’s the way I feel about that.”

Edna Wade is interviewed by Samantha Feldman at Contented Hart Garden in Bushwick on September 2nd, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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YOLANDA GOLDEN

“My mom, being that she was a big advocate in the community, she had her little entourage...all she had to do was say, you know, this is a place where we can be one, we can share, unite, and fight, and everybody here was a big...we were all...it was like family.”

Yolanda Golden is interviewed by Samantha Feldman at John the Baptist Community Center in Bed-Stuy on August 13th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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VERENA JAMES

“First of all, growing, gardening, is very important because we are doing it from...not with chemicals...the soil is natural, and when you do grow your own produce, it’s much better health-wise.”

Verena James is interviewed by Samantha Feldman at the Washington Irving Library on August 12th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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ROBERT MATTHEWS

“It’s a very fruitful garden, and at the end of the growing season, we will have a mass, a great amount of food that we can distribute to the neighborhood, and the people in the neighborhood can come in and take it. We always look out for ourselves and our families. We make sure that the neighborhood has, the community has, you know, what we have grown.”

Robert Matthews is interviewed by Samantha Feldman at Ralph Lincoln Service Center Garden on August 15th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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PATTI HAGAN

“Well one of the things is that, a lot of the schools in the neighborhood, the pre-K and the K are now, since maybe six, seven years ago, are gardening, teaching gardening, using the school.”

Patti Hagan is interviewed by Zachary Schulman and Samantha Feldman at the Central Library on July 15th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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PATRICIA FERRINE

“At 88 now, my mind is almost shuttin’ down on me here. The past is, is to me, is like the past. Goin’ back in it and diggin’ out bits and pieces it’s, it’s not easy, ‘cause it’s just not there.”

Patricia Ferrine is interviewed by Domica Roberts at United Herkimer Garden Club in Bed-Stuy on August 6th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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MARGIE COURTS & BARBARA HOSKINS

“The memories...as I said, my sister was a part of it and before she passed away she said, ‘I want you to take care of my little garden spot.’ It was...it’s bittersweet, and it was at the very corner so I just, I named it myself, Cindy’s Corner. Everybody called her Cindy.”

Margie Courts and Barbara Hoskins are interviewed by Samantha Feldman at the Washington Library on August 12th, 2016 as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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HERNAN PAGAN

“Everybody has something nice to give, and sometimes the most hardened criminal is dying to give something but he can’t find no one to give it to, because all he finds is rejection, all he finds is hate, his path will follow him wherever he goes. Sometimes he’s looking to give a lot of love but nobody’s there to receive his love because he’s already been classified as evil or whatever it is.”

Hernan Pagan is interviewed by Samantha Feldman at The People’s Garden in Bushwick as part of the Our Gardens, Our Stories partnership with Brooklyn Queens Land Trust.

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