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From YouTube: Downtown Flower Take Over 2021
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City of Chelsea
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Carlos
arranged,
so
you
have
sort
of
a
centerpiece
here
and
then
the
flowers
go
around
wherever
you
like.
Okay,.
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B
So
everybody
can,
you
guys
come
in
come
in
come
in
here,
so
what
we're
doing
so?
First,
I
I'm
just
thanking
the
vern
brand.
They
funded
this
fidel
maltese
who's,
the
dpw
commissioner,
our
team
leaders,
khalil
anna
celeste
carmen,
which
it's
been
really
great,
to
be
able
to
communicate
with
you
guys.
B
I
did
not
feel
alone,
so
that
was
amazing,
maria
for
helping
out
today,
my
sister
naomi
counselor
city,
counselor
and
my
mother
for
coming
to
join
us
all
of
you
guys
as
well
and
part
of
those
galdomas
and
his
team,
without
which
we
weren't
doing
anything
today
anyway,
and
then
what
I'd
like
to
do
is.
I
think
that
was
all
the
things.
B
Oh,
we
did
have
our
partners
la
collaborativa,
chelsea,
black
community
green
roots,
healthy
chelsea,
who
is
the
partner
who
recommended
that
we
do
native
plants,
and
so
we
have
annabelle
from
the
trustees
to
talk
to
us
about
why
native
plants
are
important,
so
she's
going
to
give
us
some
insight
into
that.
Then
we'll
have
sarah
from
green
roots.
Talk
about
why
we
don't
have
trees.
B
D
Thank
you
so
and
yeah,
so
my
name
is
annabelle.
I
work
with
the
trustees,
boston,
community,
gardens
and,
in
addition
to
helping
manage
the
I'm,
not
sure
what
to
do
in
addition
to
helping
manage
their
56
community
gardens
across
the
city
of
boston,
and
we
help
support
the
gardeners
there.
D
We
also
run
a
native
plant
nursery
in
matapan,
where
I
believe
some
of
the
plants
here
were
sourced
from
and
and
so
we
grow
all
of
the
plants
there
and
they
are
native
and
what
we
define
as
native
plants
is
plants
that
grow
in
this
eco
region,
and
so
that
might
not
be
like
right
here
in
boston,
but
in
the
general
area,
and
we
you
know,
are
relatively
flexible
about
how
far
that
region
extends.
D
For
instance,
we
grow
this
papa
tree
that
actually
is
more
native
to
slightly
more
south
and
and
western
parts
of
the
parts
of
the
continent,
but
actually
has
a
has
a
fruit.
That's
really
similar
to
mangoes.
It's
a
really
it's
a
really
cool
plant,
but
basically
we
want
to
promote
native
plants
for
a
number
of
reasons,
but
most
of
them
are
you
know
we
are
in
the
face
of
climate
change
and
we
are
trying
to
do
everything
we
can
to
help
sustain
the
planet.
D
The
bible
are
sustainable
and
native
plants
are
one
of
the
most
important
ways
that
we
can,
while
gardening
really
take
care,
take
care
of
the
planet,
and
so
they
are
more
sustainable
in
that
they
generally
are.
You
know,
they're
used
to
it
here.
D
I
think
a
lot
of
the
plants
that
we're
used
to
growing
even
some
of
the
vegetables
that
we
grow,
like
tomatoes
and
and
you
know-
are-
are
from
far
away
they're,
not
necessarily
used
to
the
cold
winters
they're
not
used
to
the
amount
of
water
that
comes
here,
and
so
the
great
thing
about
native
plants
is.
They
are
acclimated
they're
used
to
this
weather,
so
they
don't
usually
need
extra
water
extra
fertilizer
extra
additions
to
the
soil.
D
They
they
can
thrive
in
this
in
this
climate
on
their
own,
and
so
that's
great
to
not
have
to
add
all
these
things
to
help
them
grow.
Probably
the
most
important
reason
that
we
grow
native
plants
is
that
they
are
the
food
source
and
you
know
they
are
important
for
the
livelihood
of
pollinators.
So
we
think
we
hear
about
the
bees
being
at
risk
of
going
extinct
and
beyond
just
the
bumble
bees
we
see
flying
around
there's
a
lot
of
native
bees.
D
That
might
even
look
like
a
fly
to
you,
but
they
actually
are
really
important
pollinators
that
you
know
make
sure
all
the
plants
are
creating
seeds
and
reproducing
they
make
sure
all
our
food
is
growing
and
they're
running
out
of
habitat,
they're
running
out
of
places
to
land
and
to
pollinate
flowers,
and
so
the
more
we
plant
native
plants,
the
more
we're
creating
more
homes
for
these
creatures.
So
beyond
beyond
pollinator
insects,
we
also
have
birds
and
bats
and
all
other
sort
of
forms
of
wildlife.
D
You
know
more
habitat
to
to
hide
in
to
sleep
in
to
you
know
like
find
food
in,
and
so
we
definitely
say
something
for
landscaping
when
you
have
native
plants
or
or
really
any
kind
of
plant
to
not
cut
it
down
in
the
fall
to
wait
until
the
spring
to
cut
down
all
of
the
dead
plant
material,
because
then
all
of
the
creatures
can
can
hide
in
the
plants
over
the
winter
and
so
just
trying
to
think
about
how
much
to
simulate
like
forest
ecology
as
much
as
possible
and
so
yeah.
D
So
we
have
habitat
for
for
native
pollinators
and
other
animals.
We
have,
you
know
a
more
sustainable
way
of
growing
plants
and
then-
and
then
I,
the
last
thing
I
did
want
to
mention,
which
is
less
necessarily
relevant.
When
we're
you
know
gardening
in
someone's
yard,
but
I
you
know
so
another
thing
that
we're
doing
with
the
boston
you
know
gardens
program
is
we
also
are
going
to
be
over
the
next
couple
years,
developing
piers
park
in
east
boston,
and
so
we,
you
know,
are
thinking
a
lot.
D
We,
where
we
have
two
outreach
people
who
are
sort
of
doing
programming
in
in
east
boston,
especially,
I
know
it's
sort
of
a
neighboring
town
and
so
we're
always
looking
for
feedback
from
the
community,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
park
is
going
to
really
represent
the
needs
of
the
community,
and
so
I
might
actually
share
a
survey
if
people
want
or
we're
willing
to
fill
that
out.
But
we
have
lots
of
events
that
we're
trying
to
build
out
in
that
park.
D
We
have
an
event
later
today,
but
one
thing
about
that
park,
bringing
it
back
to
native
plants
is
that
you
know
we.
We
know
that
these
coastal
regions
are
very
vulnerable
to
flooding.
We've
seen
it
happening,
we
saw
it
happen
recently
in
new
york,
and
we
know
that
you
know
this
region
is
very
vulnerable
to
that,
and
I
know
we're
all
concerned
about
that,
and
actually
native
plants
are
really
important.
D
D
So
I
hope
I've
sold
you
on
native
plants
and
I
I
do
have
to
run
to
a
workshop,
but
I
will
be
here
for
a
couple
minutes
and
if
you
are
interested
in
filling
out
a
survey
about
you
know
what
you
want
piers
park
to
look
like.
We
really
want
to
hear
everyone's
voices
in
that,
and
thank
you
guys.
B
So,
let's
juliana,
where
would
you
do
you
want
to
be
right
over
here?
Maybe
wherever
you
think
you're
working
like
whatever's
easiest
for
you
or
just
over?
I
guess
where
everybody
is
over.
There.
B
Okay,
okay,
good!
So
where
is
sarah,
so
sarah
from
green
roots?
Sarah,
if
anybody
has
any
questions,
can
they
ask
you
yeah,
okay,
so
sarah's
going
to
talk
to
us
about
why
our
our
land
is
contaminated.
F
F
Hear
me
with
the
mouse
on
okay:
that's
great!
Are
you
ready?
Okay,
would
you
like
me
to
take
some
pauses
between
okay,
okay,
good,
I
want
to
yeah
yeah,
be
able
to
see
everyone.
B
F
So
hello,
everyone
good
morning,
my
name
is
sarah.
I
work
at
green
roots.
I
just
started
about
two
months
ago,
so
it's
nice
to
meet
you
all
and
be
here
with
you
all
today.
F
F
So
how
many
of
you
has
anyone?
Just
like
raising
your
hand
heard
of
urban
heat
islands.
F
F
But
one
of
the
reasons
is
ground
soil
contamination
and
that
basically
makes
it
really
hard
for
trees
to
live
to
stay
alive
and,
as
you
all
are
aware,
chelsea
is
surrounded
by
many
roadways
by
highways
by
like
heavy
traffic
areas,
and
so
there's
taxings
that
come
from
car
exhaust
that
come
from
truck
exhaust
that
gets
seeped
into
the
soil.
F
There's
also
the
airport
right,
the
airport's
right
next
door.
So
the
toxins
from
the
planes
that
fly
overhead
day
after
day
get
seeped
into
the
soils
and
then
there's
also
something
that
we
don't
see
as
often,
which
is
the
natural
gas
pipelines
that
and
the
infrastructure
that
is
underneath
the
ground
that
we're
standing
on
that
leaks
and
companies
that,
like
eversource
and
other
companies,
natural
gas
companies,
don't
necessarily
have
incentive
to
fix
those
leaks.
F
F
Another
one
that
I
forgot
to
mention
is
lead
and
lead.
So,
if
folks
are,
I
guess
an
important
note
that
I
think
folks
probably
already
know,
but
if
you
are
growing
your
own
food
in
the
ground
here,
you
should
have
planters
with
soil
that,
with
like
compost
or
other
soil
that
you
purchase,
because
if
you
use
the
soil,
just
the
soil,
that's
in
the
ground,
the
food
will
be
absorbing
all
of
the
contaminants
and
you'll
eat.
Those
contaminants.
F
So
right,
so
there
have
been
lots
of
plenty
of
efforts
to
plant
more
trees
in
chelsea
to
green
chelsea
and
despite
best
efforts,
if
there's
still
natural
gas
leaves,
the
trees
are
not
going
to
survive
so
green
roots
in
one
way
that
green
roots
has
tried
to
address
this
in
the
past
is
by
putting
pressure
on
these
companies,
these
natural
gas
companies
and
partnering
with
other
community
organizations
to
identify
where
the
gas
leaks
are
and
call
attention
to
where
those
gas
leaks
are
and
hold
companies
accountable
through
legal
action
to
fix
those
gas
leaks,
and
that's
just
one
way.
F
We
can
kind
of
be
involved
and
fight
against
soil.
F
So
I'll
stick
around
for
a
couple
minutes.
If
people
have
any
additional
questions
of
what
premiums
is
doing,
what
the
youth
are
doing
right
now,
I'm
definitely
not
a
soil
contamination
expert,
but
if
you
have
any
additional
questions
on
where
these
toxins
are
coming
from,
I'm
happy
to
try
to
answer
those
as
well.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
Okay,
thanks
sarah
and
now
we're
going
to
wrap
up
our
workshop
with
carlos,
who
is
going
to
tell
us
about
best
practices
of
planting
these
planters,
anything
to
look
out
for
and
what
the
plan
is
like.
These.
The
mums
won't
last
through
the
season
right.
G
Everyone
thank
you
for
coming.
My
name
is
carlos
dalton,
I'm
here
with
the
golden
landscaping.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
all
you
guys
today
and
working
for
chelsea
as
well.
Thank
you
for
everyone.
G
Well,
we
started
this
this
year
with
deborah,
we
started
working
on
the
planters.
We
started
doing
perennial
flowers
and
then,
but
we
want
more
color
to
it
more
beauty
to
chelsea.
G
So
we
decided
to
go
today
and
do
annual
and
perennial
as
well
so
the
difference
between
perennials
and
annual,
we
will
be
perennials,
will
come
back
next
year
and
we
will
have.
We
will
have
color
all
year
round
and
then
we
are
going
to
wrap
up
some
annual
flowers
to
give
a
better
touch
to
our
planters.
G
So
today
that's
what
we're
doing
today
and
I'm
pretty
sure
you
guys
want
to
plant
some
flowers.
Do
you
all
right?
Thank
you.
G
Types
of
perennials
perennials
is
like
a
low
maintenance
and
we
have
a
perennial.
There
is
a
hair
maintenance.
The
hard
maintenance
of
perennials
is
that
one
of
them
they
the
leaves
just
drop
them
down
and
you
got
to
keep
cleaning
them
and
then
there's
a
low.
It's
a
low
maintenance
on
some
of
them,
flowers
that
they
just
bloom,
and
you
know
the
flower
just
dropped
down
on
the
ground.
You
got
to
pick
them
up
either.
G
B
And
I
think
also
what
carlos
has
learned
doing
this
this
season
is
like
what
works
and
what
doesn't
work
them.
So
it's
kind
of
still
a
work
in
progress
about
you
know,
depending
on
where
the
planters
are
how
much
sun
they're
getting,
how
much
time
we
can
water
them.
How
hot
june
or
july
was
like
there's
a
lot
going
on
that
way.
So
the
reason
that
we
did
the
planters
is
because
originally
I
had
wanted
to,
I
talked
to
mimi.
I
talked
to
people
at
the
city.
B
I
talked
to
celeste
about
planting
the
tree
pits
and
it's
contaminated,
so
the
whole
idea
of
the
planters
came
up.
Celeste
I
forgot
to
mention,
has
been
planting
for
many
years
before
chelsea
walk
looks
gorgeous
because
of
her,
so
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
So
celeste
is
really
good
at
gardening.
Anna's
go
to
gardening.
Carlos
is
good.
My
mother
who's
here
is
really
good
at
understanding
how
to
garden.
So
if
anybody
has
any
questions,
but
what
I'd
like
sean?
Are
you
great
at
gardening
as
well.