The only allotment gardens I have seen were in Malmo, Sweden. The gardens
there are large and each person purchases the deed for the individual
allotment. When the time comes the allotment can be resold. Most of them
have cottages on them with different levels of comfort. There is also a
common area and some common governance.
I have not seen anything like that in this country.
I am reading a new book called City Bountiful : A Century of Community
Gardening In America by Laura Lawson (who will be speaking at the ACGA
conference in Minneapolis). Kristin, I would recommend this book for your
research. Laura covers the early Vacant Lot Improvement Gardens from the
1890's on in Philadelphia and other cities that were created during the
periodic depressions that occurred back then. In fact Libby and I were
interviewed for the book. Some of those gardens were large but most did
not allow structures because the gardens were not permanent. History keeps
repeating.
Lenny
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:53:19 -0400, Libby J. Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Jack,
Actually, Philadelphia had a "Vacant Lot Improvement" program in the
late 19th Century. It provided plots on vacant land (I think they were
1/7 acre) so poor people who were victims of a great depression then to
grow their own food.
I have a piece on it at City Farmer.
Libby
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