Native Charlottean Donna Anthony McGee recalls growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes her childhood, including walking to school and playing stickball. A resident of the Wilmore community in Charlotte for thirty years, Ms. McGee talks about the Wilmore Community Garden and her garden at home. She discusses her love of the outdoors and gardening, including how she was inspired to begin gardening, what she grows in her garden, and how the weather affects growing vegetables. She also briefly discusses how segregation affected her while growing up and before the civil rights movement.