Code,980001
Subject,Jim Zanpini
Date,6/23/2009
Interviewer,Jodi Rzeszotarski
Abstract,"Born in Painesville in 1932, J. Zanpini is a lifetime resident of Lake County. Zanpini grew up surrounded by nurseries and eventually became the proprietor of his own nursery. He has been credited with creating new plant variations and using plants for community rejuvination. Zanpini recounts the changes the nursery business has undergone over the years. He also discusses the lasting impression the various waves of immigration have made on the industry.Though mechanization and chemicals are gradually turning nurseries into ""labratories,"" Zanpini is optomistic that man will retain a heatlhy relationship with nature."
Special Notes,A follow-up interview had been agreed upon during the interview.
minutes:,58:15:00
0,Introduction and background
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5,Location of nursery/ discusses when and where he was born
6,Childhood influences: tells a story of his mother and growing potatoes
7,"Discusses how, as a child, his home was surrounded by nurseries/ George Washington as a surveyor."
8,Brick kiln once on the nursery gounds/ Discusses frost effects
9,Discusses first land purchase
10,Discusses expanding nursery and aging nurserymen selling property
11,Discusses original name of nursery/desired to begin a nurserymen exchange
12,Difficulties of managing a nurserymen exchange
13,Talent for creating new plant variations
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15,Fondest childhood memory
16,Naming plants Americans could understand: Marketing Plants
17,Worked for Fisher Foods in produce department
18,Began the nursery as rose growers
19,Rewards and challenges of growing roses
20,"Discusses the stress of dealing with ""Mother Nature"""
21,Discusses wine in the region
22,Nursery workforce
23,Tools and laborers being replaced by innovations in technology and chemicals
24,Discusses immigration parallel: Italian and Hungarian vs. Latino
25,Italian Woods
26,Life for Italian immigrants: building homes and gathering food
27,First Mexican family in Lake County
28,Encouraging immigrant Mexican families to get involved in politics
29,Predicts nurseries turning into labratories
30,Goals and predictions for the future of nurseries
31,"Disagrees that by creating"" work free"" or ""low maintenance"" plants will alter man's relationship with nature."
32,Individuals no longer rely on homegrown plants for food but rather recreation
33,Gratification and theraputic effects of growing plants
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35,Rejuvinating Painesville Receration Center
36,Planting brought community together
37,Project brought different ethnic groups together
38,Grew up in the 30s and 40s
39,Describes location of Italian Woods
40,Mentions Hungarian Woods and describes location
41,"Education from Harrison nursery: Largest nursery in the world, employed 500 to 1,000 people"
42,Stakes from Harrison nursery
43,Latin names for plants on stakes
44,Professor Chadwick from Ohio State attempted to uniform plant names
45,Discusses different waves of nurserymen
46,"Catholic cemetery and missing tombstone ""Zanpino"""
47,"Immigrant workers given American names by nursery owners, family nicknames"
48,"All first born Italian boys named ""Felix"""
49,"Discusses the origin of the surname ""Zanpini"""
50,Discusses being half Italian and half Hungarian
51,Tells a story of Irish immigrants coming to his grandmother for speghetti
52,Recounts gathering food from the land
53,Discusses where his parents met
54,Discusses his desire to historically place all the nurseries in the area
55,First case of Cancer in Lake County
56,"Talks about the ""Square"" family"
57,Talks about his children
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