Interview. Bob Jobin (Bouvier Street Community Garden)
Subject
Bouvier Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Neighborhood Neighborhood Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Point Breeze (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Newbold Neighborhood Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jobin, Bob
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Description
Bouvier Community Garden Co-Coordinator Bob Jobin discusses the history of the garden since 2010. He talks through the timeline of development on Bouvier Street and its impact on the garden, including the subsequent rebuild of the garden by PHS and NGT starting in 2017. Jobin also comments on his background with the garden and the Neighborhood Gardens Trust Board and the Philadelphia Water Department Stormwater Exemption for gardens.
Date
2022
Coverage
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Growing up in Denver, CO and gardens there -- Learning to garden with father and Master Gardener program -- Coming to Bouvier Community Garden in 2013 -- Garden membership and service as garden co-coordinator since 2015 -- The Neighborhood Gardens Trust (NGT) and Bouvier's renewal from 2014-2015 -- Development discussion and making a legal agreement with NGT -- Joining NGT Board and reflections on land trusts -- Rebuilding the garden with PHS following 2016-2017 development -- 2018-2019 completion of patio, shade bed, and mosaic and gardener stabilization -- 2016 testimony before Water Rate Board regarding stormwater exemption -- Yearly traditions since rebuilding, including Make Music Philly -- Finding snakes in the garden with herpetologist and describing shade garden -- Upcoming landscaping and plans to get more people into the garden -- Wrapping up the recording
Interviewer
Makuc, Joseph
Interviewee
Jobin, Bob
Collection
Citation
“Interview. Bob Jobin (Bouvier Street Community Garden),” Philadelphia Community Gardens Memory Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://phillycommunitygardensmemory.omeka.net/items/show/68.
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