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Sayada Sultana – Full interview
My Story This is my third year I’m gardening. In these three years I’ve learnt a lot. In the first year I didn’t know anything about gardening. Actually this is my first time saving seed. Before…
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Regina Walker – Full interview
My Story I’m a community gardener at Spitalfields City Farm. I’m responsible for a little area of land, 0.167 acre, a community garden. And I run workshops on that land as well as growing vegetables on…
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Nathalie Aby – Full interview
My Story I’m Nathalie, originally from France, but I’ve been living here for more than 20 years now. I’ve been volunteering for 3 years. I work with Lutfun on the vegetable garden. I try to come…
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Nat Mady – Full interview
My Story I’m a part of Cordwainers Garden. This year we’ve dedicated a plot to seed-saving for this project. Why I grow my own food I grow my own vegetables because I really enjoy growing things,…
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Meghan Shine – Full interview
My Story I am lucky enough to have a lovely, decent size garden with a big veg patch and lots of sunshine. I have very little experience gardening. I moved house so now I have this…
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Lutfun Hussain – Full interview
My Story My name is Lutfun Hussein. I started here in 1999 as a volunteer and began working as the Healthy Eating Coordinator in 2000, originally it was called Ethnic Minority Support Worker. I work with…
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Lisa Lueaffat – Full interview
My Story Last year was the first year I got an allotment bed to grow, and I went mad. I had about thirty something different varieties going in that one little plot. Why I grow my…
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Kate Williams – Full interview
My Story I’ve been growing food and gardening for flowers for as long as I can remember. I keep the seeds and I keep plants living their whole life for the animal biodiversity so there’s insects…
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Fatema Khanom – Full interview
My Story I’ve been living here for 22 years. But four years ago I started gardening. Before then I didn’t know anything about gardening. Katherine (from the farm) helped us, how to make a garden, how…
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Debbie Mitchener – Full interview
My Story The allotment space of the is part of the wider community garden that’s on this council estate. I’m the chair of TRA and I help to manage the community gardening here. Why I grow…
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Basilia Gondo – Full interview
My Story I’m Basilia Gondo, from Zimbabwe. A mother of five girls and six grandchildren. I am 72 years old. Married. Why I grow my own food We grow our own food because it’s got the…
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Anwara Uddin – Full interview
My Story My name is Anwara. I’m a housewife. I have two children. I live in a small flat. About four years ago Katherine came from Spitalfields farm and invited us to come and grow some…
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Ahmet Caglar – Full interview
My Story My name is Ahmet. I’m originally from Turkey. I’m using my back garden for this project. It’s a small garden. Actually there is only one raised bed and some containers. Why I grow my…
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Halema Begum – Full interview
My Story My name is Halema Begum and I live in Selby Street. I’ve lived in this country more than 25 years. I came from Bangladesh. I’m the mother of 3 children, I have two daughters…
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