During the spring and summer of 2019, PTC Associate Veronique West and Dramaturgical Intern Kathy Feng followed a group of Chinese seniors through a season of planting, tending, and harvesting their community garden. The garden project was a collaboration between the Carnegie Seniors Program, led by Doris Chow, and the DTES Neighbourhood House Seniors program, led by Simin Sun.

PTC has released the audio podcast Roots and Seeds, created from interviews and found sound during the gardening season, in three versions: English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

The final words of the podcast look forward to the 2020 growing season and a resumption of the garden work with heritage seeds and a renewed group energy. Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic has put the seniors at risk and the social distancing efforts have put an end to their hopes of planting a garden this year. Although their other needs are being taken care of by programs from DTES Neighbourhood House and Yarrow Intergenerational Society, the camaraderie of the garden is lost. For now.

Meet Wai Yu Chan(陈惠如), Hui Qing Chen(陈惠清), Ya Qin Wan(万雅琴), Rui Lian Xian(冼瑞莲), Hui Juan Xie(谢惠娟), Yu Rong Li(李玉蓉), Yu Li(李子瑜), Yu Ying Guan(关玉英) and Ai Xia Zhang (张爱霞), as they tend the garden at the corner of Hastings and Jackson through the summer of 2019.

Listen at SoundCloud, iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify

Roots and Seeds

Narrated by Kathy Feng
Written and edited by Kathy Feng and Kathleen Flaherty
Translated by Simin Sun
Interviews by Veronique West
Produced by Playwrights Theatre Centre
Music: Chan Wai Fat from the Children of Soul Mountain soundtrack and Flowers on Brocade by Hong Ting used in accordance with the Creative Commons license.

PTC播客种子与根

年的春夏季，PTC戏剧制作人Veronique West 和拟剧实习生 Kathy Feng 跟随一群中国老人一起栽种，照料以及收成一季的社区菜园。这个社区菜园项目由卡内基长者活动负责人Doris Chow (周慕怡) 以及 温哥华市中心东区邻里屋长者活动负责人Simin Sun （孙思敏）合办。

今天的播客种子与根，来自于采访的音频以及在菜园里实地采集的声音，制作成英语，国语和粤语三个版本。

播客的结语是对2020年种植季的期盼，期待着菜园新一轮的承前启后。令人遗憾的是，新冠病毒的爆发对老年人造成很大的威胁，在保持社交距离的要求下，老人们想重启今年菜园项目的希望破灭了。尽管疫情期间老人们得到了温哥华市中心东区邻里屋和世代同行会的一些帮助，她们在菜园建立的联络却只能暂停了。

下面有请Wai Yu Chan(陈惠如), Hui Qing Chen(陈惠清), Ya Qin Wan(万雅琴), Rui Lian Xian(冼瑞莲), Hui Juan Xie(谢惠娟), Yu Rong Li(李玉蓉), Yu Li(李子瑜), Yu Ying Guan(关玉英) and Ai Xia Zhang (张爱霞), 是他们照料了位于喜事定街夹积善街的菜园一整个2019年的夏天。

根与种子播客将被投放在我们的网站 和 SoundCloud, iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify

根与种子
旁白： Kathy Feng
剧本和编辑：Kathy Feng 和 Kathleen Flaherty
翻译：Simin Sun （孙思敏）
采访：Veronique West
制作： Playwrights Theatre Centre
音乐：Chan Wai Fat － Children of Soul Mountain 音乐带
Flowers on Brocade － Hong Ting （使用符合创作共享许可协议）