9. Produces nutritious food Reduces family food budgets Stimulates social interaction Conserves Resources Reduces Crime Preserves green space & Beautifies neighborhoods Benefits Creates income opportunities & economic development Encourages self-reliance Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development
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11. The Unity Gardens: We Are Growing More Than Vegetables Here http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfisherphotography/3478460100 /
12. What is a Unity Garden? How are they organized? Who gardens? Where are they located?
23. The 2010 Garden Season… begins today! Plans are being made for more gardens - of all kinds - and for garden events and workshops, and for resource development. People make gardens grow. Help plant the seeds for a healthy, interdependent community.
24. The Unity Gardens Growing sustainable community through: Sprouting seeds of sharing For more information about Unity Gardens www.unitygardensinc.org [email_address]
Hinweis der Redaktion
Welcome Introductions Brief history Bertrand Farm + Earth Day + CFED + Botanical Society May 2007 Brainstorm/Mission Meeting Gail & Parks Board Greenhouse Garden OK’d Sept 2007 Feb 2008 met with Holy Trinity SBCG meetings: education Feb Greenhouse Garden mtgs Spring = Homeless Shelter garden Summer = Sara’s “Free Garden”; NNW youth gatden tril and efforts to expand Tonight = Mission fulfillment in sense that providing gardening opportunities SBCG as resource, networking and education resource
Any Piece Of Land Gardened By A Group Of People. Urban, Suburban, Or Rural One Community Plot Many Individual Plots Multi-Generational: Youth, Adults And Seniors Gardening Together A Series Of Plots Dedicated To "Urban Agriculture" Where The Produce Is Grown For A Market.
Can create income opportunities and economic development Encourages Self-Reliance Reduces Family Food Budgets Conserves Resources Urban agriculture (sell produce); donate produce (Plant-a-Row for the Hungry); youth grow and sell