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My Story About Sayada Sultana, Seed Guardian, Selby Street Gardening Club 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.…
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My Story About Nathalie Aby, Seed Guardian, Spitalfields City Farm 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…
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My Story Nat Mady, Seed Guardian, Cordwainers Garden, Hackney 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…
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My Story About Meghan Shine, Seed Guardian, Hackney 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…
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My Story About Lutfun Hussain, Seed Guardian, Spitalfields City Farm 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…
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My Story About Lisa Lueaffat, Seed Guardian, Wilton Estate Community Garden, Hackney Last year was the first year I got an allotment bed to grow, and I went mad. I had about thirty something different varieties…
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My Story About Kate Williams, Seed Guardian 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…
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My Story About Basilia Gondon, Seed Guardian, Spitalfields City Farm I’m Basilia Gondo, from Zimbabwe. A mother of five girls and six grandchildren. I am 72 years old. Married. I’m part of the Zimbabwean Association Community…
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My Story Fatema Khanom, Seed Guardian, Selby Street Gardening Club 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)…
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My Story About Debbie Mitchener, Seed Guardian, Wilton Estate Community Garden 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…
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My Story About Anwara Uddin, Seed Guardian, Selby Street Gardening Club 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…
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My Story About Regina Walker, Seed Guardian, Spitalfields City Farm 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…
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My Story About Ahmet Caglar, Seed Guardian 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…
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My Story About Halema Begum, Seed Guardian, Selby Street Gardening Club 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…
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