Baltimore City runs a robust and successful community gardening program in its larger city parks. I actually have a 10'x10' plot in one of them. Each one has a large chain link fence, multiple watering sources and free mulch and compost. Here's a blurb from the Department of Recreation & Parks's 2008 program guide (can be found here: http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/recnparks/index.php). They're adding one in the Hampden neighborhood, so it'll be 8 soon, instead of 7.
What better place for a shared, communal space than on shared, communal land??? *** City Farms Coleen McCarthy, Program Coordinator (410) 396-7839 Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks' Horticulture Division operates seven large community gardens located in Carroll, Clifton, DeWees/Woodbourne, Druid Hill, Fort Holabird, Leakin and Patterson parks. They provide clean and safe gardens complete with protective fencing and a water source where inner-city residents can grow their own food. Membership is open to all Baltimore City residents. The yearly plot rental fee is $20. *** Abby Cocke Community Organizer Partnerships for Parks Parks & People Foundation 800 Wyman Park Drive, Ste 010 Baltimore, MD 21211 410-448-5663 x122 443-448-5895 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm." -- Henrik Ibsen -----Original Message----- From: Don Boekelheide [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Community_garden] need to prove that many community gardensare on public land Hi, Rory, In Charlotte, North Carolina, the Park and Recreation Department sponsors community gardens on public parkland, including the one where I garden (54 plots, average 20x20). There is a non-profit, church-based group that also sponsors gardens here, but some of these are also on public land, and run with public agency assistance. You might also want to look at Portland, Oregon's Park and Recreation community gardening program. Your critic sounds like Oscar the Grouch. Can't you 'buy them off' with some fresh tomatoes? Don http://urbanministrygarden.wordpress.com Message: 1 Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:19:03 -0400 From: "Rory Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Community_garden] need to prove that many community gardens are on public land To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Friends: We have a small (10-12 family) organic community garden, the first in a park in cheltenham township, PA. We've been operating for 5 seasons now. One of the neighbors thinks the garden is 'messy' and 'unsightly' and is trying to get it shut down. One of the arguments they are using is that the garden is in a public park, and they say that most community gardens are on private or institutional land. this isn't true according to my research, but I need to gather more examples of community gardens that are on park land. Can you help? Warmly, _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
