Summary(0:28) Starting to work on the garden in 1975 -- (1:25) Neighborhood changes -- (2:00) Positive changes in the garden -- (2:44) Creating the garden lot after a house burned down -- (3:45) Trust for Public Land and Brooklyn Queens Land Trust -- (4:10) Beauty of the garden -- (5:00) Garden activities -- (6:18) Changing garden membership and lack of youth presence -- (7:53) History of United Herkimer Garden Club (8:20) Gathering at the garden for free school bus rides -- (10:03) Challenges of maintaining help with the garden -- (11:25) Rewards of working in the garden -- (11:50) Advice for gardeners -- (13:40) Fading memories.
NoteAudio interview conducted on August 6, 2016, by Domica Roberts at United Herkimer Garden Club. 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 ; Community development ; Nineteen seventies ; Citizens’ associations ; Older people ; Trust for Public Land (U.S.) ; Memory--Age factors ; Picnics
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Patricia Ferrine on 2016 August 06.