In the wilds of Brooklyn

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The tiny backyard gardens of Brooklyn, New York reflect the hardworking, multicultural heritages of its residents. Despite pollution and overcrowding, trees and wild plants often thrive on Brooklyn's city streets. Through their gardens, and surrounding plant life each generation of residents can enjoy the rich mix of ethnicities, families, and cultures.

Author: Brown, Catherine M.
Backyard gardens

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Prospect Park

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Issues related to Prospect Park, in Brooklyn, NY, are examined, focusing on it history and landscape architecture. Topics include Prospect Park's architects, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who alse designed Manhattan's Central Park; its value to the community; and the variety of trees and that plants that exist in the park.

Author: Brown, Catherine M.
New York, Appreciation, Parks

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Sarah's garden

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A woman describes how gardening brought she and a friend together as teenagers, and how they renewed their friendship more than 20 years later as adults.

Author: Brown, Catherine M.
United States, Social aspects, Gardens, Friendship

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Brooklyn, New York, New York
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