Community gardening

Community Gardens A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. Have you ever wondered where our food comes from? When your eating vegetables, that's where it's coming from. If we had a community garden, we could save money. First, community gardens helps you communicate with other people. They increase a sense of community ownership and stewardship. Community gardens offer a focal point for community organizing, and can lead to community-based…

the Garden written by John Nimmo and Beth Hallett, took me in the world of gardening. "The garden is a familiar place tamed by humans to serve social purpose such as growing food," (Nimmo, & Hallett. 2008 pg32) with that concept in mind the "Growing a Green Generation" project began. The project was to engage infants through kindergarten in the natural world, and offer the opportunity to learn skills and concepts of gardening. The article described endless opportunities for kids, a place to play…

Community Project Plan: Westwood High School Garden This paper is a preliminary community project plan that has been prepared by Master of Social Work students at the University of South Carolina for Westwood High School garden. Working closely with the project stakeholders, the authors of this project plan will undertake the steps and actions outlined in this plan to come up with a final community project paper with findings and recommendations that will be presented to the stakeholders.…

Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit institution that promotes caring for others, caring for one’s self, and caring for the community. It is one of Loyola’s foundational aspect of caring for the community that has made the requirement of engaged learning a part of the curriculum. Since the Fall of 2012, Loyola has required its students to go out into the world and obtain hands-on experience in different sorts of fields. One may accomplish this through an internship course, or a class combined…

The community garden on campus teaches the community to care for the earth. Meanwhile, this properly teaches them new skills such as gardening, and harvesting the plants. Visiting the garden was a beautiful and delightful experience, the women who told us about the garden were extremely sweet and informative. They advised us on the best season to plant and garden specific vegetables. Gardens such as this one bring people together; likewise our garden is a calm, and happy environment for people.…

with their community there are also community gardens where they can have their own plot to grow their own food! People should not let little or no spaces keep them from growing their own food because there are many types of ways to do it. There are plenty of solutions to problems such as these. Having little space or no space at all is not a problem. Another example, that people have with growing their own produce is that it is time consuming or just too much work. With home gardening you…

difficult one. I would want my project to impact others and have meaning for my students and the community I would be serving. This is where I thought about a community garden. Community gardens help people in so many ways. They can not only feed people, but teach them how to make their own food. The community can take their knowledge and experience from the garden and bring it to their own home. Community gardens also provide access to fresh, traditional produce and nutritionally rich foods in…

Although gardening may be a hobby for some people, it can be therapy for others as well. According to the article, “Horticultural Therapy,” horticultural therapy is therapy that uses plants to promote individual mental, physical, and emotional health. While horticultural…

the summer. So employe all little hands get them out there to pick up Stick, rake, or help dig a hole to plant new plants. Then have them go inside and find a blanket, make your lunch and sit on the blanket outside and eat! Kiddos learn to love gardening this way and it will make the world a beautiful place if we have more little gardeners. #8 Wash Outdoor Furniture: If there are no cushions great. Get a hose and a little bit of soap and sponge and washed down all your pieces. If you have…

Allowing Renegade (Gardens) Saint Louis is home to “about 10,000 parcels of vacant land that have come to public ownership involuntarily through tax foreclosure”(Land). A majority of these vacant properties are in low-income neighborhoods, the residents of which, live at least a half mile (often more) away from a grocery store with fresh produce. Saint Louis as a result, is barren, as outlined by the graph provided by the USDA Economic Research Service (pictured right). This type of barrenness…