Seedfolks Character Descriptions

This character is seventy-eight and Jewish, offers to share his/her space with a teenager. They grow pumpkins together instead of marijuana.

This character is from Haiti. His/her father is a taxi driver and teaches him/her that money is to be made by growing baby lettuce and selling it to restaurants.

This character is a British nurse for Mr. Myles, an elderly African American. He/she brings a large trash barrel to the garden and fills it with soil so that Mr. Myles can plant flowers.

This character is a pregnant sixteen-year-old from Mexico. She plants squash and listens to Leona talk about being part of nature. Something clicks inside her and she decides she wants her baby.

This character is from India and owns a fabric store. S/he recognizes how the garden brings people together, despite their race and color. S/he learns to look past the stereotypes and finds out who his/her neighbors truly are.

This character is an African American with two kids in high school. S/he manages to get the city to clean up the trash in the vacant lot that is becoming an urban garden.

This character is an elderly person from Romania. S/he watches the world from his/her window. S/he is suspicious of the young little Asian child burying something in the trash-filled vacant lot.

This character's father called their ancestor their seedfolks because they were the roots of their family. S/he is unable to participate in the garden because of his/her arthritis but sees his/herself as a protector of the garden.

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