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GARDEN
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors,
set aside for the display, cultivation, and
enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
The garden can incorporate both natural and
man-made materials. The most common form today
is known as a residential garden, but the term
garden has traditionally been a more general
one.
Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated
natural habitats, were formerly called
zoological gardens. Western gardens are almost
universally based on plants, with garden often
signifying a shortened form of botanical garden.
GARDEN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden
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COMMUNITY
GARDENING
A community garden is a single piece of
land gardened collectively by a group
of people.
Community gardens provide fresh produce
and plants as well as:
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 not for profit
associations.
A city’s community gardens can be as
diverse as its gardeners. Some grow
only flowers, others are nurtured
communally and their bounty shared,
some have individual plots for
personal use, while others have
raised beds for disabled gardeners.
Community gardens may help alleviate
one effect of climate change, which
is expected to cause a global decline
in agricultural output, making fresh
produce increasingly unaffordable.
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.
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ELEMENTS
For all their diversity, however, most
community gardens share at least four
elements in common:
In many ways community gardens are
re-enforcing basic human instincts
that are slowly deteriorating due
to the convenience of modern life.
land (or a place
to grow something)
plantings
gardeners
some sort of organizing
arrangements.
Land for a community garden can be
publicly or privately held. One
strong tradition in American
community gardening in urban areas
is cleaning up abandoned vacant
lots and turning them into
productive gardens.
Alternatively, community gardens
can be seen as a health or
recreational amenity and included
in public parks, similar to ball
fields or playgrounds.
Historically, community gardens
have also served to provide food
during wartime or periods of
economic depression.
Community gardening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_gardening
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COMMUNAL
GARDEN
A communal garden:
(often used in the plural as communal gardens)
is a normally formal garden for shared use by
a number of local residents, typically in an
urban setting. The term is especially used in
the United Kingdom.
The centre of many city squares and crescents
(e.g., especially in London) are maintained
as communal gardens.
Despite the name, and the fact that they
typically look like a small public park,
such gardens are normally privately by
jointly owned, with sharing of maintenance
costs.
Access may be restricted by locked gates,
with keys available for residents, or only
unlocked during daytime. They are often
surrounded by tall railings designed to
keep people out.
Communal garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_garden
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URBAN
GARDENING
Urban gardening may refer to:
Container garden
Growing plants in pots or other
containers, rather than in ground
Urban horticulture
Growing crops or ornamental plants
in urban or semi-urban setting
Urban agriculture
Food production in urban setting
Windowbox
Urban Gardening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_gardening
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COMMUNITY
GARDEN
LINKS
10 STEPS TO STARTING A COMMUNITY GARDEN*
http://www.communitygarden.org/docs/10stepsstart.pdf
American Community Gardening Association
http://www.communitygarden.org/
Community Gardens
http://www.cityfarmer.org/communitygarden7.html
Community Gardens
http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/GardenPlots.aspx
Community Gardening
http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/parks/ComGarden.aspx
Communit Garden
http://www.communitygarden.de
Community Garden Grants
http://www.gardenburger.com/Grants.aspx
Community Gardens: How To
http://www.greenforall.org/resources/community-gardens-how-to
Fallen Fruit
http://www.fallenfruit.org/
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Gardening Matters
http://www.gardeningmatters.org/
Growing Power
http://www.growingpower.org/
How to create a community garden
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-create-a-community-garden/
How to grow an Organic Community Garden?
http://www.localharvest.org/blog/20618/entry/how_to_grow_and_organic
Start Community Garden
http://www.houselogic.com / articles / start-a-community-garden /
Start a Community Garden
http://www.letsmove.gov/start-community-garden
Tips on starting a community garden
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/com/commun.htm
YMCA Gardens
http://www.vtymca.org/gardens_homepage.html
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COMMUNITY
GARDEN
RESOURCES
Allotment gardens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_gardens
American Community Gardening Association
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Community_Gardening_Association
Arundel Gardens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundel_Gardens
Commons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
Communal garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_garden
Community Food Security Coalition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Food_Security_Coalition
Community garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_garden
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Community Supported Agriculture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Supported_Agriculture
Container garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_garden
Garden sharing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_sharing
Garden square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_square
Guerrilla gardening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening
Intercultural Garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercultural_Garden
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P-Patch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Patch
South Central Farm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Central_Farm
Urban agriculture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture
Urban gardening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_gardening
Urban horticulture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_horticulture
Windowbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowbox
Community Gardens
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Community_gardens
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