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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0004-accs
  • Summary(0:00) David Foulke Memorial Garden in Boerum Hill -- (1:35) Joining the garden in 1998 -- (3:20) The Trust for Public Land -- (5:30) Fighting Mayor Giuliani's attempted sale of garden spaces -- (11:19) Volunteering at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's library -- (15:17) Daily gardening tasks -- (17:30) Recruiting volunteers -- (18:58) Public events in the garden -- (21:29) Native plants, imported plants -- (23:51) Challenges and rewards.
  • Date2016-07-15
  • Physical Description1 sound file (30 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorFlorin, Robert
  • 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 15, 2016, by Zachary Schulman and Samantha Feldman at Central Library. 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 ; Trust for Public Land (U.S.) ; Giuliani, Rudolph W. ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden ; Gardening ; Horticulture ; Native plants for cultivation--New York Metropolitan Area
  • PlaceBoerum Hill (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Robert (Bob) Florin conducted on 2016 July 15.