| 1. | PROLOGUE |
| 2. | BACKGROUND |
| 3. | SURVIVAL MAP |
| 4. | MAPPED SITES |
| 4.1. | Airport |
| 4.2. | Brewery |
| 4.3. | Bridges |
| 4.4. | Cemeteries |
| 4.5. | City Bakery |
| 4.6. | City Hall (National Library) |
| 4.7. | Dangerous Zones |
| 4.8. | Elektroprivreda Building |
| 4.9. | Gardens |
| 4.10. | Holiday Inn Hotel |
| 4.11. | Hospitals |
| 4.12. | Markale Market |
| 4.13. | Markets |
| 4.14. | Maternity Hospital |
| 4.15. | National Museum |
| 4.16. | National Theater |
| 4.17. | Olympic Museum |
| 4.18. | Oslobođenje Building |
| 4.19. | Parks |
| 4.20. | Post Office |
| 4.21. | Presidency Building |
| 4.22. | Protection |
| 4.23. | Radio-Television Building |
| 4.24. | Railway Station |
| 4.25. | Snipers |
| 4.26. | Tobacco Factory |
| 4.27. | Transportation |
| 4.28. | Tunnel |
| 4.29. | UNPROFOR (the United Nations Protection Forces) |
| 4.30. | Zetra Olympic Hall |
| 5. | PERCEPTIONS |
| 6. | MACRO STORIES |
| 7. | REFERENCES |
The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-96 AHEAD OF FEAR The Art of Survival #2 |
| 1. | PROLOGUE |
| 2. | BACKGROUND |
| 3. | SURVIVAL MAP |
| 4. | MAPPED SITES |
| 4.1. | Airport |
| 4.2. | Brewery |
| 4.3. | Bridges |
| 4.4. | Cemeteries |
| 4.5. | City Bakery |
| 4.6. | City Hall (National Library) |
| 4.7. | Dangerous Zones |
| 4.8. | Elektroprivreda Building |
| 4.9. | Gardens |
| 4.10. | Holiday Inn Hotel |
| 4.11. | Hospitals |
| 4.12. | Markale Market |
| 4.13. | Markets |
| 4.14. | Maternity Hospital |
| 4.15. | National Museum |
| 4.16. | National Theater |
| 4.17. | Olympic Museum |
| 4.18. | Oslobođenje Building |
| 4.19. | Parks |
| 4.20. | Post Office |
| 4.21. | Presidency Building |
| 4.22. | Protection |
| 4.23. | Radio-Television Building |
| 4.24. | Railway Station |
| 4.25. | Snipers |
| 4.26. | Tobacco Factory |
| 4.27. | Transportation |
| 4.28. | Tunnel |
| 4.29. | UNPROFOR (the United Nations Protection Forces) |
| 4.30. | Zetra Olympic Hall |
| 5. | PERCEPTIONS |
| 6. | MACRO STORIES |
| 7. | REFERENCES |
The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-96 AHEAD OF FEAR The Art of Survival #2 |
4.9.
Gardens
"They sprouted like mushrooms after the rain, numerous small plots, very carefully cultivated as if by a gardener…"
Hunger took grip of the besieged city and its citizens started to discover many plants which grew everywhere, finding out that they had a nice taste. Nettles and dandelion found their way to the markets, at quite high prices. Georg Soros’ “Open Society Fund” sent to the city 2 million dollars worth of pumpkin, carrot, tomato, lettuce and corn seeds. All green surfaces, parks, areas around the houses, boxes on balconies, became gardens. Instead of roses, lilacs and holly.
© FAMA Collection Visual Archives, Drago Resner
Sarajevo citizens: In their own words
“One should try to protect plants that are frost resistant, to be able to pick them longer. Cover them with plastic. We got foil in the humanitarian aid packages; it will be a big help in prolonging the picking time for cabbage, salad, and some other plants we have sown this summer.”
- Ana Mrdović, Horticulture expert
“They sprouted like mushrooms after the rain, numerous small plots, very carefully cultivated as if by a gardener or by agricultural experts. There were never so many vegetables grown in Sarajevo in all the centuries of its existence. Luckily so much was grown that it couldn’t even all be eaten. Vegetable growing saved our city and especially the pensioners.”
- Mustafa Kadrić, Pensioners Association
“Also, I had enough green peppers. I had enough cucumbers, onions, and potatoes. It was difficult however. It had to be watered. There was no water in the city. At night we hat to, my wife and I, when the shelling stopped, after 1:30 at night, then we went to the pump some 200 yards away and brought water. So, from 2 to 4 a.m. we watered and took care. Because during the day you couldn’t come there, you couldn’t work at all. Everything I did, I did at night.”
- Ahmed Obradović, Citizen
Video Oral History: The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-96 (© FAMA Collection, 1997-99.)