I came across an e-book from 1919!
This was a book put out by the War Garden Commission circa WWI, and is
available for free online as an e-book. There is a whole chapter on
Community Gardening during that era, that you may be interested in
checking out...
http://www.earthlypursuits.com/WarGarV/WarGard9.htm
Amanda
Amanda Maria Edmonds
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"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."
"To forget to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget
ourselves."
- Mahatma
Ghandi