Interviewer
Jeanell Innerarity
Files
Description
Brian Parks discusses his experience building and maintaining a garden in Condon, Montana. He notes some of the unique challenges he faces, such as colder temperatures and pests. Parks describes the gardening techniques that he has developed to meet these challenges. He shares his opinions about the ecological and social importance of gardening. Parks details his personal gardening philosophy which is that ecologically, gardening connects us to nature and through it, gardeners create new habitats, turning the destructive impact of human activity into a positive impact. He also relates his thoughts about the social importance of gardening which he believes can serve as a shared activity within a community.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Swan Valley, Montana; Gardeners, Montana; Gardening; Gardening, environmental impacts; Gardening, social impacts; Gardening techniques
Original Date
10-20-2005
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project, OH 422, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 422-118
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (25 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:00:15 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_118.mp3; OH_422_118.pdf
Citation
Parks, Brian, "Brian Parks Interview, October 20, 2005" (2005). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 36.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/36