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  • Call NumberGEHP_0076
  • Summary(0:30) Moving to NYC -- (1:40) Working in Greenpoint -- (2:46) Awareness of industrial pollution in Greenpoint -- (3:29) Apprentice at Uncommon Ground in Chicago -- (4:20) Rooftop gardening and landscaping in Brooklyn -- (5:38) Managing McGolrick farmers market -- (6:07) Getting involved in Kingsland Wildflowers -- (8:25) Getting involved with NYC Audubon -- (9:20) Becoming Director of Kingsland Wildflowers -- (11:54) Programming at Kingsland Wildflowers -- (14:40) Size and structure of Kingsland Wildflowers
  • Date2018-08-14
  • Physical Description1 sound file (17 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorJackson, Niki
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn 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 August 14, 2018, by Acacia Thompson at Kingsland Wildflowers in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectGardening ; Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.) ; Activists ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; New York City Audubon (Organization) ; Pollution ; Oil spills ; Biodiversity ; Migratory birds ; Native plant gardening ; Sedum ; Pollinators ; Environmental education
  • PlaceGreenpoint (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 conducted with Niki Jackson on 2018 August 18.