COMMUNITY GARDENS

What is not to love about them! Community gardens are recognised worldwide as a great way to grow food, improve your health, meet people, and cultivate vibrant communities. They: * allow people to grow their own vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers * contribute to building an ecologically viable and socially just food system * are a convivial way of getting fresh air and exercise with no gym fees! * foster community engagement and a culture of generosity, reciprocity, trust and self-help * are great places to learn about gardening and share local and traditional knowledge * preserve and improve the precious green spaces in urban environments * develop innovative ways of living sustainably in the city * create art projects, community events, celebrations, workshops, and much more * provide opportunities for cultural exchange and learning * and some community gardens produce enough food share the surplus and/or develop community enterprises.

“It’s about taking back the ability to produce food for ourselves. At the supermarket, you not only don’t connect to the food system, but the money goes out of the region. People are looking for a sense of community, and they find it in their local community garden” (Claire Cummings)

“Urban community gardeners are bringing life and liveability, seed by seed, back to their neighbourhoods. The gardens nourish the body and also the soul” (Patricia Hynes)

One of our Board Members (thanks David) sent me this LINK Everything you could possibly want to know about starting a community garden, running it and more, it misses nothing! If this is something you have been thinking about, this resource is exactly what you need!

Enjoy! Hope your week ahead is a good one Take care of you and yours:)