Credits and Thanks
The audio tour was developed by Cecily Miller, Curator of Public Art for ArtsArlington and Molly Edwards, Ph.D., a plant biologist, science communicator, and founder of Science IRL Productions. Cecily did most of the writing and Molly did all of the audio editing; they collaborated on the interviews. Faries Gray (Sagamore/War Chief of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag) contributed much wisdom as a key advisor, as did Patrice Todisco, combining the skills of the landscape historian and garden writer with the perspective of Executive Director of Freedom's Way. Many thanks to Heather Leavall (Executive Director of the Cyrus Dallin Museum) for connecting us with Faries; we are grateful to both for for insight and encouragement. Many many thanks to historians Michael Ruderman and Doreen Stevens for generously reviewing/correcting/providing content and narrating essays, and to Crystal Haynes Copithorne for narration, an interview, and inspiration. And finally, to all our wonderful interview contributors, who have much more to say than we were able to capture in these short pieces!
Visit ArtsArlington.org/plants-and-people to download a PDF of the tour. Questions or comments: plants.people.revolution@gmail.com
This project was made possible with generous support from the Town of Arlington and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.