Tracy Morgan gives back to Brooklyn
Star and cast of hit show ‘The Last O.G.’ helps tend to Bed-Stuy garden
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Call him the Original
Gardener.
Actor and comedian Tracy
Morgan and the cast of his
show “The Last O.G.” visited a
community garden in Bedford-
Stuyvesant last week. The network
behind the show, about
an “Original Gangster” who
returns to his Brooklyn neighborhood
after years away,
teamed up with the do-gooder
group GrowNYC to build and
plant 30 new garden beds at
the Hattie Carthan Community
Garden. The March 28
event celebrated both the renovations
and the launch of the
sitcom’s second season on the
Turner Broadcasting System.
Morgan, who grew up in the
neighborhood, joked around
while he and his family packaged
fruits and other produce
for nearby soup kitchens and
food banks. For locals, his appearance
demonstrated hope
for the community, according
to one witness.
“Tracy Morgan didn’t
have to come back, but he
GIVING BACK: Comedian and star of “The Last O.G.,” Tracy Morgan, and his wife Megan Wollover visit the Hattie
Carthan Community Garden in Bedford-Stuyvesant on March 28. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
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did,” Dorian Vaz said. “The
best part of the event, besides
Tracy Morgan of course, was
to see people coming out as a
whole and rising up.”
Vaz, who travels across the
boroughs with City Harvest
— a group that supports community
gardens throughout
New York City — said he is
optimistic about the growth
of this particular garden and
believes it can help transform
the area.
“The community is coming
together and not looking
washed up,” Vaz said. “There’s
still hope. When you see a rose
grow out of concrete, the world
is yours and it’s growing.”
The Lafayette Avenue garden,
which opened in 2009, is
one of the largest in Brooklyn.
It is maintained by Bedford
Stuyvesant residents like
Ernest Anderson, who has
tended plants there for eight
years. Anderson, a Korean
War veteran, said he grew up
on a farm and that gardening
keeps him connected to
his roots.
“I wanted to put my hands
back in the dirt again,”
he said.
Anderson visits every day
during the warmer months to
check on his tomatoes, collard
greens, cayenne peppers and
cucumbers. He said he was
happy to see young people at
the community event.
“We try to keep the young
people involved and show
them where we came from,”
Anderson said. “I’m just a gardener,
but I love seeing parents
bring their kids out; like
my father was involved when I
was young.”
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