Summary(00:50) Creating Clifton Place Block Association Community Garden in Clinton Hill in 1991 – (2:00) Community garden cleanup with volunteers -- (3:05) GreenThumb (4:15) Changing Demographics -- (6:17) Developing gardening interests among kids -- (8:50) Work as president of Clifton Place Block Association -- (10:45) Selling ideas for community improvement -- (11:36) Community investment in the garden -- (15:02) Growing herbs and produce for local businesses -- (18:14) Shooting in Clinton Hill -- (19:21) Garden as positive force in neighborhood -- (20:03) Garden as extension of a home -- (22:01) Nomadic character of membership -- (23:00) Brooklyn Flea Market -- (24:36) Message to future gardeners.
NoteAudio interview conducted on July 15, 2016, by Zachary Schulman 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.
SubjectNineteen nineties ; Citizens’ associations ; Gardening ; Community gardens ; Community development--New York (State)--Brooklyn. ; Bureaucracy ; Small businesses ; Compost ; Youth development ; Herbs ; Crime ; Municipal government ; Flea markets ; Cooking
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Enrique Alie on 2016 July 15.