Locality
74°1´28" west longitude, 40°37´48" north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Nordamerika
Personal relationship of donor
This rich earth is from my family's garden which is in the middle of a huge urban city, Brooklyn, New York, USA. It has endured through many harsh challenges - city pollution, storms and invasions by insects. Three generations of my family grew up in row-house that sits upon this beautiful earth. Each generation lovingly tended its garden that continues to be filled with beautiful roses, flowers, bushes and trees (many that were originally planted over a hundred years ago). This soil provided therapy to my mother who during her senior days would go out into the garden and run her hands through the soil remembering all the happiness it gave her during her long life. This soil continues to provide a natural habitat for birds, squirrels and other wildlife that claim home to city-living and as well, it is the final resting place for many buried beloved pets.