Leona, the narrator in Chapter 5 of Seedfolks, is instrumental in getting the Gibbs Street vacant lot cleared of all the trash. During the chapter, Leona reminisces about her grandmother who always drank goldenrod tea for its healthy properties. As she sees the garden start to grow, she decides that she will plant goldenrod in honor of her grandmother. The only thing standing in her way is the amount of trash in the lot. So, Leona starts making phone calls to city agencies that would have the ability to clean up the property. Leona doesn’t get very far and gets the run around when she is told to contact other agencies to help her. Tired of no one listening to her, she shows up at the Public Health Department with a bag of trash and dumps it on the floor. She finally gets the Public Health Department’s attention, and the vacant lot is cleaned up so the garden can flourish. This act brings more and more people from the neighborhood to the community garden.
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