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April 1, 2005 | Volume 4, Number 7 Topic In DepthTopic In Depth
Community Gardens
American Community Garden Association In addition to providing people places to garden, many community gardens are important centers for a variety of events and gatherings, educational activities and programs, and food production. This Topic in Depth explores resources and information pertaining to community gardens. The American Community Garden Association "was founded in 1979 to help gardening programs share their limited resources, and benefit from each other's experience and expertise." The Association website (1) contains a comprehensive collection of pertinent links as well as an electronic mailing list, several online publications, and information about the upcoming annual conference in Minnesota. Hosted by the Food Security Learning Center, the second site (2) contains a concise introductory article about community gardens which includes policy initiatives, program profiles, suggested reading options, and FAQs. Hosted by GardenWeb, the third site (3) is an active online forum "meant for discussion of all aspects of organizing and participating in community gardens." From Capital District Community Gardens the fourth site () offers a collection of resources for gardeners including factsheets regarding a variety of gardening topics; gardening tips submitted by home and community gardeners; and recipes for Golden Squash Flowers, Lentil and Collard Soup, Blueberry Buckle, and more. The fifth site (5) provides information about the Green Guerrillas, "a vital resource center for New York City's grassroots community gardening groups." The sixth (6) site contains a sizeable, downloadable report from a University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment-supported study examining three community gardens in Sydney, Australia. Housed in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Web archives, the final site (7) is a 44-page (pdf) 2002 report about community gardens in Milwaukee. The report was released in 2002 by Matthew B. Mikolajewski, a graduate student in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning at UWM. [NL] |
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