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Do you need a BA to be a GreenThumb gardener?

I’ve joined the Granite Street Community Garden, which is just about a couple of blocks away, on the same block as the Biko Center. The garden had been promised a load of top soil by the local GreenThumb contact.  It’s a very active, sociable garden—much more so than a local Trust for Public Land garden called the Contented Heart Garden, which received a load of top soil months ago, even though it appears to me that only one person ever really works in it. Of course, being a Trust garden, it has significant organizational support—much more than any Parks Department garden.

I emailed GreenThumb to find out what’s up. Here’s the response I got from Susan Fields, the deputy director:

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