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See, I have a legacy in South Central. I grew up there. I raised my sons there.
瞧，在洛杉磯我有了遺產(chǎn)。我在那里成長，我在那里養(yǎng)育我的兒子。
And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality that was manufactured for me by some other people, and I'm manufacturing my own reality.
我拒絕成為由別人為我打造的這種現(xiàn)實(shí)的一部分，我要自己創(chuàng)造自己的現(xiàn)實(shí)。
See, I'm an artist. Gardening is my graffiti.
看到了吧，我是個(gè)藝術(shù)家。園藝工作就是我的涂鴉。
I grow my art. Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls, me, I beautify lawns, parkways.
我創(chuàng)造自己的藝術(shù)。就好像涂鴉藝術(shù)家一樣，他們美化墻壁。而我，美化草坪，綠化帶。
I use the garden, the soil, like it's a piece of cloth,
我把花園和土地視為畫布，
and the plants and the trees, that's my embellishment for that cloth.
而植物和樹木就是我在畫布上的裝飾。
You'd be surprised what the soil could do if you let it be your canvas.
你可能會(huì)震驚土地所能做的，如果你把它當(dāng)成你的畫布。
You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is and how it affects people.
你無法想象向日葵有多么的神奇，以及它將對(duì)人產(chǎn)生何種影響。
So what happened? I have witnessed my garden become a tool for the education, a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.
會(huì)發(fā)生什么呢？我目睹了我的花園變?yōu)榱私逃墓ぞ撸優(yōu)榱宋疑鐓^(qū)改革的工具。
To change the community, you have to change the composition of the soil.
為了改變社區(qū)，你必須改變土壤的成分。
We are the soil. You'd be surprised how kids are affected by this.
我們就是土壤。你會(huì)為孩子們?nèi)绾伪挥绊懚痼@。
Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city. Plus you get strawberries.
園藝活動(dòng)是最有益于身體健康以及挑戰(zhàn)性十足的活動(dòng)，尤其是這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)在市中心進(jìn)行。再加上你還能收獲草莓。
I remember this time, there was this mother and a daughter came, it was, like, 10:30 at night,
我記得有次，一個(gè)媽媽和女兒在差不多晚上10點(diǎn)半的時(shí)候偷偷摸摸的出現(xiàn)在我的菜園，
and they were in my yard, and I came out and they looked so ashamed.
當(dāng)我出來看到她們，她們顯得非常難為情。
You know, so I'm like, man, it made me feel bad that they were there,
她們的出現(xiàn)使我感覺非常糟糕，
and I told them, you know, you don't have to do this like this.
我告訴他們，你們不用像這樣來拿食物。
This is on the street for a reason.
這是菜園在街上的原因。
It made me feel ashamed to see people that were this close to me that were hungry,
當(dāng)我看到我身邊的人們餓著肚子時(shí)，這讓我覺得非常羞愧，
and this only reinforced why I do this, and people asked me, "Fin, aren't you afraid people are going to steal your food?"
這加強(qiáng)了我做（食物森林）的決心，人們問我，“Fin，你難道不怕人們來偷你食物嗎？”
And I'm like, "Hell no, I ain't afraid they're gonna steal it.
我回答說，“當(dāng)然不啦，我當(dāng)然不怕人們會(huì)偷它。
That's why it's on the street. That's the whole idea.
而這也是為什么它在街上的原因。這正是我想要的。
I want them to take it, but at the same time, I want them to take back their health."
我想要人們拿走它，但是同時(shí)，我也希望人們能夠重歸健康的身體。”
