Interview with Roberta Burnes, John Walker, March 8, 2009
Project: Kentucky Garden Stories Oral History Project
Interview Summary
The interviewees discuss their upbringing, describing how their backgrounds led them to their interest in gardening. Burnes is from Ohio; Walker is from Wales. Both see gardening as a form of resistance to corporate control. For them, gardening is not only about growing food but also about building community. They both serve as educators in community gardening projects.Interview Accession
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Burnes, Roberta Interview by Kate Black. 08 Mar. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Burnes, R. (2009, March 08). Interview by K. Black. Kentucky Garden Stories Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Burnes, Roberta, interview by Kate Black. March 08, 2009, Kentucky Garden Stories Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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