A Community Garden is a piece of
land gardened by a group of
people. Community gardens
provide access to fresh produce
and plants as well as access to
satisfying labor, neighborhood
improvement, sense of community
and connection to the
environment. They are publicly
functioning in terms of
ownership, access and
management, as well as typically
owned in trust by local
governments or nonprofits.
A
city’s community gardens can be
as diverse as its communities of
gardeners. Some choose to solely
grow flowers, others are
nurtured communally and their
bounty shared, some have
individual plots for personal
use, while others are equipped
with raised beds for disabled
gardeners.
Community gardens encourage an
urban community’s food security
allowing citizens to grow their
own food or for others to donate
what they have grown. The gardens
also combat two forms of
alienation that plague modern
urban life, by bringing urban
gardeners closer in touch with
the source of their food, and by
breaking down isolation by
creating a social community. It
has also been found that active
communities experience less
crime & vandalism.
