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• in Green
  Community Garden Grows Food for All
  Nourish body, spirit, the earth, and the economy.
  by yihyeewong / on Jun 5, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “community gardens”

 

• Karen K & the Jitterbugs Sing-along at the Childrens Garden

  
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  Next Thursday, Karen K & the Jitterbugs will be doing a special sing-a-long at the South Brooklyn Childrens Garden, 204 Columbia Street (corner of Sackett and Columbia Streets) Thursday, May 23 11:30 am-12 noon $10 suggested donation Karen K & the Jitterbugs have been delighting families up and down ...
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• Farm Terrace allotment campaigners ‘absolutely gutted’ over Watford Health Campus decision

  
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  Campaigners ‘absolutely gutted’ over allotment decision. UK gardens will be replaced by hospital and homes By Adam Binnie Waterford Observer May 8, 2013 Excerpt: An allotment campaign group has vowed to continue fighting to save a patch of West Watford allotments, after the Government has granted permission ...
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• Urban gardens bring Trenton, New Jersey residents together

  
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  Garden of 3 Points on Chesnut Avenue, a community garden in the East Ward started by Isles Inc. Photo by Andrew Miller. “My grandpa didn’t let my grandma in the garden,” he said. “That’s just the way it was.” By Erin Duffy The Times of Trenton May 04, 2013 Excerpt: TRENTON — As a young man, ...
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• Fenton Friday: Cool Beans

  
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  This week at my community garden plot it rained every day, so aside from a bit of weeding and harvesting some lettuce and radishes, I have stayed mostly out of my plot. One thing I did plant is the Royal Burgundy Bush Bean from Seeds of Change. This photo is from the Seeds of Change web site . I hope they turn out ...
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• Urban Ag Organization Hopes to Get All Residents on Board to Keep Growing Detroit

  
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  Keep Growing Detroit, a nonprofit community gardening and urban agriculture support organization, has a mission to achieve nothing short of sovereignty for Detroiters. Food sovereignty, that is. The organization’s vision is one of a ... Read More
  2 weeks ago

• Seattle Neighborhood Transforms Patch of Grass into Community Orchard

  
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  “Wouldn’t it be great if we had a community orchard?” That question posed by Aviva Furman to her neighbor, Narcissa Nelson, was the beginning of the Community Orchard of West Seattle (COWS). This 1/8 acre demonstration garden showcases ... Read More
  2 weeks ago

• Fort Wayne: Too much debris, code violations close Burmese community garden

  
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  If you haven’t heard my rant about how your federal tax dollars are being spent on “community” gardens for refugees see my most recent post on the topic here . W.O.W! World on Wheels, diversity wheelbarrows on display in Ft. Wayne to represent the 21 diverse immigrant groups in the area. Let’s hope ...
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• Top of the plots – Britain’s best allotments

  
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  Bristol permaculture guru Mike Feingold has four plots which he uses to demonstrate, trial and teach permaculture principles. Photo by Mark Diacono. What began as book research – to find beautiful and interesting allotments – became a pilgrimage to Britain’s top plots By Lia Leendertz The Guardian 12 April ...
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• Fenton Friday: First Radish of the Season

  
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  This week in my community garden plot: Calendula Strawberry Basil seedlings All Blue Potato foliage emerging Kennebec Potato foliage emerging Lettuce mix First radish of the season!
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• It’s Gardening Thyme!

  
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  Thanks to another generous grant from the Mary Jane Berger Memorial Foundation , twelve Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh locations will be growing community gardens this year. Several locations are doing this for their second year – Carrick , Homewood , Knoxville , Lawrenceville , Mt. Washington , Sheraden , ...
  3 weeks ago

• Burke Mountain Community Garden Opens in Coquitlam, BC

  
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  Click on image to enlarge. 64 community garden beds (2 wheelchair accessible beds & 4 kid-friendly height beds) By Chris Reid Shifting Growth April 28, 2013 Shifting Growth and The Foothills at Burke Mountain proudly unveiled the new Burke Mountain Community Garden this Sunday April 28, 2013. The garden is a ...
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• A growing movement

  
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  Its really not all bad news these days. One encouraging trend is the growth of the local food movement, which can be a way to rethink our relationship to the basics and to revitalize our communities. An AFSC program run by my co-worker in Logan WV gets young people involved in a community garden. The kids are even ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fenton Friday: Thin is In

  
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  This week in my community garden plot we had several nights hovering around the freeze/frost point. A set of grafted tomatoes Id been sent to trial was delivered with a bit of frost burn. Hoping they will recover by planting time in mid-May. I spent my time in the plot this week watering and thinning out the baby ...
  3 weeks ago

• In the News… Complementary Colors in the Garden, Cropsey Farm, Bistro Latino in Tuckahoe

  
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  Cropsey Farm in New City cultivates crops and more, TJN and lohud.com, with video Restaurants We Love: Bistro Latino in Tuckahoe, by me in TJN and lohud.com (photo by Mark Vergari) Complementary colors will light up your garden, TJN/lohud       The post In the News… Complementary ...
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• 17 Practices for Sustainable Communities and Economies

  
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  Wendell Berrys common sense and counterintuitive practices that cultivate community and local economy Several years ago, Wendell Berry shared 17 steps to help local communities become healthy and sustainable. I try to take these to heart and put them into my daily practice. They are: 1. ...
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• British Columbia University Opens Campus Food Garden

  
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  Click on image to link to larger image. Sustainable Simon Fraser University (SFU) Learning Garden By Chris Reid Shifting Growth April 2013 Shifting Growth was awarded the Request for Proposal to undertake the community consultation, design, and garden installation of the ‘Sustainable SFU Learning Garden’ – ...
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• Philadelphia crowdfunds its first municipal project – Rivera Community Garden

  
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  The garden will have special areas for children and adult gardeners. Fifty “citizenvestors” donated a total of $2,163 dollars to fund the garden By Alex Wigglesworth Metro April 22, 2013 Excerpt: The Rivera Community Garden at the Rivera Recreation Center in North Philadelphia will be transformed into a ...
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• Community Garden Weight Loss: Gardeners Have Better Weight Than Neighbors And Siblings

  
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  A new study looks at the difference between gardeners and their neighbors. The gardener’s likelihood of being obese is far lower than the foodie, non-gardener’s. A new study recommends that city planners and public health officials take a new tack when it comes to keeping their communities healthy: gardening. ...
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• Fairmont Terrace to grow together with community garden after tragedy

  
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  Brad Johnson, owner of Lawn America (left), and Chris Segraves rake the topsoil of a new community garden they helped install Monday at Fairmont Terrace. Photo by John Clanton. Tulsa, Oklahoma: The spotlight turned to the area after four women were found shot to death inside an apartment in early January. By ...
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• Tiptoe Through the Tulips

  
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  by Tracy Kaler Yesterday was a brisk spring day in New York, but the sun was shining brightly on thousands of tulips in the West Side Community Garden . Locals of all ages filled the volunteer greenspace to get a glimpse of the blooming buds, which will look their very best when they peak within ...
  4 weeks ago

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