采访来自United We Stand社区花园的etrain Estrada
January 4, 2017
Posted in Community Gardens
在南布朗克斯的东137街和138街, 四个相邻的社区花园蓬勃发展了超过25年. 数百名莫特黑文居民照料鲜花,种植粮食,并互相见面. 然后,在2015年,该社区发生了一场火灾,烧毁了整个花园街区的基础设施. 市政府被迫关闭了所有四个花园,这片土地处于休眠状态.
从2016年2月开始, 纽约市公园部门的“绿拇指”项目开始了重建整个遗址的艰巨任务. 在卫生部和市长环境修复办公室的帮助下, 这个地方被彻底清理了, 包括数千磅的碎片和所有的内部围栏, and a fresh, 空地出现了.
bg视讯在5月份加入了这项工作,将这个空间恢复到以前的园艺荣耀, 建造了100多个花园床, 表演舞台, murals, 几十张桌子和长凳. 9月,bg视讯完成了新的United we Stand和138街社区花园的建设. 你可以在前后的图片中看到变化, 但让埃斯特拉达, 社区花园成员, tell the story:
“火灾发生后,花园被关闭了. 情况非常糟糕:bg视讯没有地方可以打理花园,没有地方可以闲逛. 它看起来像一个丛林,有一个烧毁的小屋,然后人们开始往里面扔垃圾.
花园不见了,我感到很难过——我觉得自己的一部分不见了. 花园社区是一个家庭,这个家庭没有地方可去. 我几乎要哭了. bg视讯花了25年的时间建造了那个花园,然后它就消失了. 但后来我想,bg视讯走吧. 春天到了,又该去了. Let’s start again. 这就是bg视讯介入的地方.
与社区和志愿者一起工作, bg视讯在春天开始重建整个场地,并在秋天完成.
附近的人都说这里现在很美. We are proud. 邻居们在137街和138街看到了这个全新的空间. 他们看到花和所有的蔬菜,他们喜欢它.”
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