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Community Gardens in Parks
Krista BaileyProgram Director
Unity Gardens, Inc.
Community gardens provide gardening and educational Community gardens provide gardening and educational opportunities that help connect people to each other and to the opportunities that help connect people to each other and to the
natural world.natural world.
What is a Community Garden?
Land Gardened By A Group Of People
Community or Individual Plots
Multi-Generational
"Urban Agriculture"
Why Start a Community Garden?
Economic and educational opportunities
Produce nutritious, local, fresh food
Why Start a Community Garden?
Bring together various ages, races, and ethnicities.
For recreation and exercise
Provides a way for residents to take ownership of the land
Why Start a Community Garden?
Bring people outside
Decreases crime
Raises property values
Why Start a Community Garden?
Preserve green space
Create a social networking, meeting and play space
Educational opportunity for all ages
Why Start a Community Garden?
Economic support for neighborhood residents
Community Service Project
Youth entrepreneurial experience
Why Start a Community Garden?
FOOD!!
How to Get Started: Planting the Seed
Initial Meeting
How to Get Started: Planting the Seed
Publicize the event
Garden Land
Lots of sun
Water source
Soil quality
Lighting
Fence
Manageable rubble, debris – if any
Garden Land
Room for parking cars and bikes
Close to neighborhood residents
Accessible by public transit
Availability
Extended community interest
Planning for the Garden
Include an educational component
Liability Insurance
Youth involvement
Tap into existing garden network in area
Gardener Registration and Sign Up
Engage park staff: who will do what (maintenance, chemicals or no, etc.)
Planning for the Garden
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).
Garden Designs
Neighborhood plot on area green space.
Shared work and harvest creates a source of neighborhood pride and fresh food!
Garden DesignsBonus Features: containers in parking lots, gathering space…
…and a place for the children.
Garden Designs
Combination shared and solo space: Large shared mono-crop with family beds alongside.
Garden DesignsUnity Garden: Open garden concept.
Plant, weed, water, learn, harvest as you can, need, want.
Do it Together!Family days, work days, harvest days (with food!!), volunteer
days, Master Gardener education days…
Plan to Party!
Celebrate with the children
Share the Wealth
Enjoy!
For more information:
American Community Gardening Association
http://www.communitygarden.org
Unity Gardens, Inc.
www.UnityGardensInc.org.