RE: [cg] Fwd: Ashland community garden questions

2005-07-07 Thread Alliums
Hi, Folks! Patrick wrote: > One of our park commissioners has expressed a concern that a gardener could > hypothetically hold a plot for decades thereby locking up public land for use > by others. Even though this could happen, I suspect that it is highly > unlikely. I agree with Adam -- with so

RE: [cg] Fwd: Ashland community garden questions

2005-07-07 Thread Sandy Pernitz
We battle this perception all the time with our Parks department and have made baby steps over the years getting them to understand gardening is recreation! Someone once said to me, what is the difference between plot holders and sports uses my recreation is not sport related and they "hold up" la

RE: [cg] Fwd: Ashland community garden questions

2005-07-07 Thread Lisa Coven
Hi everyone, I had a question/concern that is somewhat related to gardeners that garden for many years. I was hoping to get some feedback about volunteers who have an overwhelming sense of ownership of the garden area and feel the need to be in control of every situation surrounding the garden site

Re: [cg] Fwd: Ashland community garden questions

2005-07-07 Thread adam36055
L PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:24:50 -0400 Subject: RE: [cg] Fwd: Ashland community garden questions Hi everyone, I had a question/concern that is somewhat related to gardeners that garden for many years. I was hoping to get some feedback about vol