Re: [Community_garden] newspaper garden writer

2010-02-04 Thread Libby J. Goldstein
For the Wall Street Journal? On Feb 4, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Karen Jones wrote: Hi all, I have to start by saying that I love ACGA and the openness to all types of discussion on this list serve! What a huge resource for all types of gardeners and thanks to the folks that keep it going. As w

[Community_garden] newspaper garden writer

2010-02-04 Thread Karen Jones
Hi all, I have to start by saying that I love ACGA and the openness to all types of discussion on this list serve! What a huge resource for all types of gardeners and thanks to the folks that keep it going. As well as being a community gardener I am on the local council of Women and we have a

[Community_garden] Newspaper Garden Writer/Reply to Libby

2010-02-02 Thread Karen Jones
Hi If you are looking for a story about lack of planning look no further than Montreal. Its garden policy looks good on paper, but a couple of years ago they shut down 59 community gardens as being toxic. If they hadn't needed the land for infill housing, I bet they would probably be still tox