My guess is that most US community gardening groups receive very little, if
anything, in the way of direct city or council funding and more in the way
of in-kind, facility use or resource sharing ( trucks, soil amendment, use
of personnel.) Funding for community gardens during the seventies was
Hi Jen,
Here in Seattle, we have rarely had problems with high lead levels in
the soil. But a couple years ago the program acquired a property in a
high garden demand neighborhood, that had a house on it, in poor
condition. The neighbors in the area brought the site to our attention.
We
Hi Amanda...
In Toledo (your neighbor), here's what we get from the city.
Our community gardening program is part of Toledo Botanical Garden, which
receives support from the City of Toledo, but no direct support to our cg
program, Toledo GROWs. The city owns the land--56 acres, and the
Our community garden program is a function of the Mayor's Office, funded and
managed by City staff.
We have two gardens (one with 80 plots, one with 20 plots) that are available
on a first come, first served basis (upon payment of a $30 rental fee for the
plot). We provide water, basic
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