Amanda,
You may have to talk to the NGA folks directly, because the only place where
I remember seeing gardening as the #1 pastime has been in USA Today type
articles which don't cite any "studies."
Great luck with your quest.
Adam Honigman
Volunteer,
Clinton Community Garden
Friend,
5 x 8 is about the smallest you want to go with, trust me. 4 x 10 is
doable, but you want wider to help folks garden as intensively as they can in a
raised bed. Most here like a 10 x 10. Here's the link to our set-up in NYC
where
we've put an awful lot into a third of an acre space
Colleagues,
I'm searching for an actual citation/study/etc that says that gardening
is the #1 pastime in the United States. This seems to be a well-known
and oft-referred to statistic, but I'm having trouble finding out who
did/does the study or survey that shows this. I've checked the NGA
w
about plot sizes and think the smaller 4X10 is about right for a hobbyist.
***I pretty much would just ditto what Dorene said. If you have the space
I'd consider something more along the lines of 25x25 to make it worth
people's while. However if you are going with small beds, I'd do 4x12 to
get
Catherine Fenner wrote:
I'm working with a parks org. to develop a garden for hobbyists in a middle
to upper-middle neighborhood. Organic.
What do you mean by "hobbyists"? If you're planning to have a garden in a
higher income area, you need something to convince them to garden at your
spot
I'm working with a parks org. to develop a garden for hobbyists in a middle
to upper-middle neighborhood. Organic. I've been following the discussion
about plot sizes and think the smaller 4X10 is about right for a hobbyist.
Someone else suggested that people wanting more than one plot must wait tw
Dear Community Gardeners
My name is Marco Barrantes, I am a graduate student at
UC Berkeley, completing concurrent planning and design
programs this semester. I am an avid student of and
activist for food policy and urban agriculture in
Berkeley and California. I probably should have
written thi
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