2. What is it?
Land Gardened By A Group Of People
Community or Individual Plots
Multi-Generational
"Urban Agriculture"
3. Community gardens provide gardening and educational
opportunities that help connect people to each other and
to the natural world.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Benefits
Economic support for
neighborhood residents
Neighborhood
beautification
Networking, meeting and
play space
Educational opportunity
for all ages
Provide a way for
residents to take
ownership of their
neighborhood
9. Benefits
Good Health through
recreation,
socialization, and fresh,
local food
Decrease crime
Raise property values
Feed Hungry People
Provide opportunity for
people to
provide for themselves
10. Garden Land
* Lots of sun
* Water source
* Soil quality
* Lighting
* Fence
* Manageable debris
(if any)
* Availability
* Close to neighbporhood
residents
* Extened community
interest
* Room for parking cars
and bikes
* Accessible by public
transit
11. Planning for the Garden
* Include an educational
component
* Gardener
registation/sign
up/recruitment
* Youth involvement
* Tap into existing garden
network
* Engage park staff: who
will do what
* Liability Insurance
12. Garden Designs
Communal: Gardeners take responsibility for one crop.
Shared work/harvest days.
Shared harvest.
Individual plots an
additional possibility
(here, single raised beds
are in background).
13. Garden Designs
Neighborhood plot on area green space.
Shared work and harvest creates a source of
neighborhood pride and fresh food!
