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> From: Timothy Bowler <[email protected]> > Date: April 14, 2011 6:54:32 PM PDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Business Community Gardens Partnerships > > Hi Margaret, > > That is a great idea that we are and have explored. Our advisory board > physically survey (walked many blocks and drove down many streets) of all > marginal and under utilized city land. We are producing a map showing the > distribution of pockets of land that could be used for community gardens and > will overlay that with the areas of the city where the demand for community > gardens is the greatest. This is one of the ways that we hope to persuade the > city to invest in more community gardens. However, even if we were able to > turn all of this marginal land into community gardens we would still have a > large waiting list. This is why business/community garden partnerships makes > sense. If they can supply the land, and the city can give them something of > value in return we may be able to make some progress towards meeting existing > demand > > Tim > On Apr 14, 2011, at 6:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> Here is Cambridge we have formed a partnership with the city to garden in >> small pocket gardens where the Department of Public works would normally >> throw red mulch and a couple of bulbs in. This was we have small little >> spaces that people can "take" responsibility for and the city provides bulbs >> and some plants and tools we leave at the nearby firehouses. We have found >> that it makes people happy to have any space and the gardens look much >> better. We have yet to convince the city that edible plans would >> work....last year we had an ornamental garden and snuck in some herbs and >> watermelon...this year we would like to try kale but the city is afraid of >> the liability....as usual... >> >> Margaret >> Cambridge, MA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Timothy Bowler" <[email protected]> >> To: "community garden" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:04:35 AM >> Subject: [Community_garden] Business Community Gardens Partnerships >> >> Greetings Community Garden Members >> >> My name is Tim and I am a member of the advisory board of the City of Santa >> Monica Community Gardens. Our position is that we have a very long waiting >> list and not much city land to develop new gardens. >> One solution that we are considering is to enter into partnerships with >> local businesses. >> Has anybody on this list developed this type of partnership? >> If so, can you give me some details of the agreement, how successful this >> partnership has been, and is it still active? >> >> I would really appreciate any information that members could send my way >> >> Sincerely >> >> Tim >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20110414/67794c0c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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
