let all be fine and well, oh my goddess! you asked the right question! first off I will start with the esoteric, because there is an amazing indian community gardener that everyone should know about named Dr. TC Singh. he was beyond genius, but accessible to todays thinking. I am obviously talking about Peter Thompkins and Christopher Bird's "Secret Life of Plants", there is interesting information in "Secret Life of Soil".
I am interning with Heather Flores. She is the author of a wonderful book entitled "Food not Lawns". This book breaches the gap between community and personal gardening by combining efforts. In it she talks about gardening with community (including children) and discusses a wide variety of ways to make use of resources (including recycling) and ideas. she is currently starting a community effort education center/residence. Many of the concepts also have ancient sources, and have been practiced traditionally, some have been through trial and error in creating the spin-off group "food not lawns" (from food not bombs, which is a social justice organization in over 215 countries worldwide). food not lawns is now also becoming an international organization. she includes Bill Mollisen's concept of permaculture, and is a contemporary with Peter Hemmenway (Gaia's garden), and has written a new book called "How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community", with a foreward by Toby Hemmenway. these are great books, and you will find that if you read them you will have enough references to fill a library. the topics covered are too many to list. needless to say I am immersed. enjoy great peace, love and harmony danny _______________________________________________ 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
