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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[guitar music playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just three months ago this land was not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.86,0:00:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,utilized by people. It had weeds so high
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.57,0:00:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you couldn't walk through it, and today it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.93,0:00:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a thriving, abundant garden where
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.08,0:00:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black, indigenous, and people of color
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.51,0:00:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can come together, grow community, and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.35,0:00:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow food and medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.18,0:00:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The community garden started in my dreams
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.98,0:00:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few years ago, and I was finally able to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.66,0:00:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize it a couple months ago when we
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.63,0:00:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broke ground on this property.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.65,0:00:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[guitar music playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.27,0:00:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The BIPOC Community Garden is a small
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.08,0:00:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garden that I've put in right in my side
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.74,0:01:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yard. It is a place for the BIPOC
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.06,0:01:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community in my area to come and be able
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.93,0:01:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to garden. Most of the beds are communal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.09,0:01:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beds, so we are growing a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.69,0:01:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vegetables and herbs. Folks can come in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.05,0:01:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can help tend, they can harvest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.90,0:01:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can make medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.26,0:01:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we have a few beds that are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.74,0:01:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individually stewarded. So folks who want
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.49,0:01:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the whole experience of planting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.44,0:01:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed, planning the graden, tending it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.28,0:01:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have the opportunity to do that here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.90,0:01:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a bed as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.20,0:01:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a community herb-drying shed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.54,0:01:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It houses our tool lending library,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.45,0:01:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lending library of books related to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.09,0:01:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herbalism, and a library of medicine-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.03,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making supplies. So if folks come to the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.35,0:01:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garden, and they do not have any tools,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.30,0:01:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything to make medicine with,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.36,0:01:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is in the shed for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.03,0:01:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also a place where folks can dry
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.11,0:01:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herbs, so if they grow something in the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.87,0:01:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garden, such as a bunch of mint, and they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.83,0:02:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are like "oh, I would love to have this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.69,0:02:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the winter so I can have tea," they
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.59,0:02:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can harvest the mint here and put it on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.50,0:02:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the drying racks. It will dry beautifully
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.91,0:02:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them and then they can take it home
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.84,0:02:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have tea for the winter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.57,0:02:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The garden is the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.83,0:02:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.95,0:02:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is named after an amazing herbalist
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.10,0:02:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and healer, Jane Minor, who was enslaved
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.02,0:02:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Virginia. In 1825, a fever epidemic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.16,0:02:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swept through Virginia. She was so skilled
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.63,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she not only healed other Black folks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.10,0:02:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her enslaver enlisted her to heal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.47,0:02:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white folks as well. Because she was so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.71,0:02:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adept at that and so many people got
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.44,0:02:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better where everywhere else folks were
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.34,0:02:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dying, they granted her her freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.28,0:02:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did not stop there! She kept working
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.71,0:02:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an herbalist and healer, saved up her
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.63,0:02:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,money, and was able to purchase the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.37,0:02:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom of sixteen other enslaved folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.82,0:02:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The inspiration to create the garden was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.90,0:03:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to have a space where BIPOC
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.44,0:03:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks could access the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.54,0:03:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a really big challenge for a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.37,0:03:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of folks nationwide but even in my
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.20,0:03:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community where there is not a lot of free
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.28,0:03:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land access. I also wanted to create
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.50,0:03:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this space to be a safe spot for BIPOC
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.07,0:03:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks. I wanted this to be an outdoor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.56,0:03:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sanctuary where people can really feel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.49,0:03:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like themselves, feel safe, and be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.25,0:03:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connect with the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.15,0:03:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The garden is just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.35,0:03:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such an amazing place of connection. It is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.39,0:03:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where folks can really reclaim
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.22,0:03:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their connection to the earth. Lots of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.04,0:03:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks have been disconnected from the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.82,0:03:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land. Just having a space where you can
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.68,0:03:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put your hands in the earth, and get to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.59,0:03:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand the cycles of the plants, and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.53,0:03:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seasons and how the light changes as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.54,0:03:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we move through the year, that all just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.56,0:03:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps to connect you to the land, to the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.03,0:03:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seasons, and I think to yourself. Your own
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.06,0:03:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innate rhythms that we have been
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.73,0:03:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disconnected from. It is also a beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.76,0:04:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,place of community connection. Folks are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.97,0:04:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming out to garden together, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.74,0:04:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they make medicine together or go for a
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.40,0:04:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swim together and it builds these
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.55,0:04:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful friendships. It is a way to tap
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.87,0:04:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into something that is bigger than
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.99,0:04:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yourself. Earth is the source of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.20,0:04:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything. It is our life, it is our food
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.21,0:04:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is our medicine, it is our clothing, it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.54,0:04:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is our housing, so just being able to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.94,0:04:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,touch that is really magical and I think
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.19,0:04:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings people home to themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.40,0:04:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[guitar and piano music playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.70,0:04:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing that a lot of folks have
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.72,0:04:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentioned is that this is their happy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.55,0:04:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,space, this is a place where they can
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.42,0:04:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel totally themselves and feel safe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.22,0:04:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is a sanctuary. It is a place
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.82,0:04:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was created by folks of color for
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.26,0:04:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks of color and that we are navigating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.77,0:04:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a lot of white-dominated spaces in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.40,0:05:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our day-to-day life, and it is just nice
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.87,0:05:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to come to a space where it is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.17,0:05:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just your community. It helps us to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.28,0:05:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breathe a little bit. People also are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.10,0:05:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing vegetables, so they are getting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.97,0:05:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good food to eat. They are growing plants
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.94,0:05:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for medicine, so they are also able to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.76,0:05:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harvest and make medicine. 2020 has been
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.94,0:05:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such an intense year, there has been so
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.15,0:05:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much trauma and pain that we have all
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.71,0:05:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experienced, and folks have been able to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.57,0:05:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come here and let go of that for a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.21,0:05:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is such a gift. There is no
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.93,0:05:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community garden without community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.06,0:05:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely not. When I came here and I was
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.09,0:05:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like "Oh, I have a yard, I can have a
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.94,0:05:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,garden! Oh great, I can grow this and I
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.93,0:05:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can grow that! But wait... that feels like
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.19,0:05:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something is missing. If I have this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.100,0:05:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity, I want the community to have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.53,0:05:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this opportunity." And because I opened
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.74,0:05:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up this space for other people, that also
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.74,0:05:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opened up the community to want to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.43,0:05:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support it, so it has been a really
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.25,0:05:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful coming together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.12,0:06:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In just three months it went from
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.23,0:06:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six-foot-high overgrown brush
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.95,0:06:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of these amazing beds
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.91,0:06:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really without a lot of work. We used
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.69,0:06:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tarp which was great so we did not have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.96,0:06:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring in machinery to cut things down
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.90,0:06:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to till a bunch of times. After the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.15,0:06:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tarp came up, the neighbor came in with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.06,0:06:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their tractor and they tilled just once,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.01,0:06:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I had a work party. Fifteen folks
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.32,0:06:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came out and we got all the beds made
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.25,0:06:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a few hours. We planted the beds over
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.48,0:06:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next couple weeks and then we have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.89,0:06:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just been weeding and mulching.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.69,0:06:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[guitar music playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.34,0:06:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also I think really helpful for
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.16,0:06:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks to see the scale of this, to see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.100,0:06:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that "I could totally do this in my yard
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.42,0:06:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well. I do not have to have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.32,0:06:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bunch of acres, I do not have to even
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.28,0:06:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in the country. You can
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.66,0:06:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turn any plot of earth into a beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.85,0:07:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abundant garden." It is all right there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.15,0:07:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is such a huge potential, we can not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.17,0:07:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to rely on big agriculture and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.77,0:07:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monocropping and the degenerative ways
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.32,0:07:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which food is grown. I feel like there
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.37,0:07:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so much potential and land that can be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.02,0:07:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned into flourishing gardens for
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.34,0:07:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community. Do not be intimidated! It is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.38,0:07:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something you can do just in a yard. You
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.75,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can do it literally in just one bed if you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in a city. Even if you have a porch,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.01,0:07:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can have a community garden of potted
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.02,0:07:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plants. There is no limit to where you can
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.21,0:07:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do this, you can absolutely do this\Nanywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.47,0:07:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is about community though, so make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.07,0:07:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you connect with your community, see
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.12,0:07:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is needed, see what is wanted, see
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.22,0:07:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how a garden can serve folks, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.62,0:07:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.64,0:07:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music playing]