A borough volunteer has won the National Community Award from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) at its annual ceremony. Paul Ellison picked up the award at the 2022 RHS Awards ceremony, held at their headquarters at Lindley Hall in London on Monday March 7. The Community Award is given toRead More →
Community gardens are known to empower residents by supporting overall health and providing an alternative food source for poorer neighborhoods. But more importantly, community gardens are vital in the face of tragic events that can have a significant impact on the community as a whole. According to Tyrone Ledford, founderRead More →
Conservationist David Wasmuth, second from right, with student interns from the Northeast Earth Coalition at the Brookdale Park Overlook Spring Restoration Project. (COURTESY JOSE GERMAN-GOMEZ) By JOSE GERMAN-GOMEZFor the Montclair Local Gardening is more than planting seeds and growing flowers or food. It is a holistic life experience that allowsRead More →
Pennsylvania native Stefan Horbonis was taken aback by the concept of zero lot lines when he moved to South Florida, but the real game-changing moment came when his son asked what a closed. After using modern farming techniques to grow greens in their garage and share them with neighbors, HorbonisRead More →
Grow-06 brings the outside class and the community together. Students and residents of Walnut Hills are creating community gardens in an effort to address food insecurity and provide healthier food options. In 2017, the only supermarket in the area closed, making Walnut Hills a food desert. There are now aRead More →
Community gardens can be a great way to bring neighbors together. (Photo courtesy of Jacqlyn Rivas.) Community gardens can be a great way to bring neighbors together. The groups share the work (upkeep) and the rewards, the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor. Many types of groups have become involvedRead More →
When the pandemic hit last year, Shawn Mugisha shared his two-bedroom apartment with nine other people. They were other members of Kampala’s beleaguered queer community whom he had met through his work as a human rights activist and paralegal – people who had been ostracized by their families or whoRead More →
Community gardens have been around for as long as communities have existed. On the North American continent, many Indigenous First Nations owned and worked land in common. Several eastern nations, such as the Haudenosaunee and Lenape peoples, viewed women as the workers and keepers of the land, a belief thatRead More →
The government of Liberia has launched a new model of community gardening. Gambia, the Ministry of Agriculture, with the technical support of FAO Liberia, will set up training on lessons learned from the management of the new model called “Farming from Box”. The training will target eight beneficiary farming communitiesRead More →
Hello, time traveler!This article was published 19/5/2021 (243 days ago), the information it contains may therefore no longer be up to date. Move on to the Year of the Ox. The gardeners take over. If the number of people tending to plots in community gardens and green spaces across theRead More →
Community gardens have become a model of sustainable small-scale agriculture in the country and have shown many benefits. These gardens could become a great source of income for the rural community, and also improve the country’s overall food security. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsRead More →
Growing food locally can be the best alternative to separate food deserts created by corporations. This garden in New York shows the beauty of community in action. Photo credit: Jim.henderson If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the importance of healthy living and eating. Yet access to fresh produceRead More →
Beyond the Garden Gate: Community Gardening in Bonnevoie garden path by Faye Peterson 4 mins. 22.08.2020 From our online archive Garden Correspondent Faye Peterson visits a community garden, learning more about what it takes to garden for the greater good Garden Correspondent Faye Peterson visits a community garden, learning moreRead More →
James Cooke, a student at the University of Maine at Farmington, holds a zucchini he harvested from the university’s community garden. The raised beds are next to the Olsen Student Center near South Street. Pam Harnden / Livermore Falls Announcer FARMINGTON – The long-held dream of having a community gardenRead More →
Food is one of the few things in life that brings everyone together. Regardless of your race, gender, religion, political beliefs, or any number of things that may divide us, we all need to eat. For the most part, we rely on farmers, herders and fishermen in rural areas farRead More →
From farm to school Community gardens are springing up all over New Orleans (Associated Press) Parkway Partners, a nonprofit agency, coordinates community gardens and urban farms in New Orleans, providing everything from advice and liability insurance to free seeds. Is there a community garden in your neighborhood? Click here toRead More →
Last week, I had the chance to sit down with Carley-Jane Stanson to talk about a sustainability project across the Oxford hub she’s heavily involved in, called Edible Gardens. Can you explain the Edible Gardens project to me? So we are a small team starting now with a 5 weekRead More →
SINGAPORE — Pensioner May Lee first took up gardening after her doctor advised her to spend more time in the sun to boost her vitamin D levels after a severe meningitis attack in 2012. What started as a means of recovery turned into a hobby for Mdm Lee. Today, theRead More →
Express news service CHENNAI: It’s been a year now since I’ve moved to the south of France to a quaint little village near the backwaters. Farmers in this region have been using chemicals that have contaminated water and soil for decades. As a result, citizens are strongly involved in environmentalRead More →
Image courtesy The centrality of nature in the Israeli ethos is undeniable. Its citizens are enamored with the country’s incomparable natural beauty and constantly celebrate it. Boasting some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife, Israel’s abundant biodiversity is a key part of theRead More →
Video: New Health Center Coming Soon to Shreveport Video: New Health Center Coming Soon to Shreveport (Lex Talamo/The Times) For more than two years, the Stoner Hill home sat weather-worn, ravaged, barricaded – unlike the thriving community garden a stone’s throw away. No more. The city of Shreveport recently completedRead More →
Library and Three Rivers Education Foundation team up to donate 2,000 copies of Paul Fleischman’s ‘Seedfolks’ FARMINGTON — During the month of April, the Farmington Public Library will donate 2,000 copies of a book on the subject of community gardens as part of its On Common Ground series. The booksRead More →
You’ve been hibernating for the past three months and it’s time to get out and into the wild. While the city is full of green space to retreat to, there’s nothing quite like having your own little garden sanctuary where you can grow plants and flex that green thumb you’veRead More →
Forsyth Community Gardening launched the Community Garden Mentorship Program in 2016. Gregory said 49 mentors have helped with 48 gardens. Mentors help start community gardens, organize leadership, support horticulture, and educate others involved in the community garden. In addition to founding Forsyth Community Gardening, the county also launched an urbanRead More →
By Mariah Beckman Harvest Pierce County Gleaning Coordinator Emily Garofalo works to get Early Bird Farm produce to local food banks to reduce food waste and support healthier lifestyles. Gated patches of green, manicured boxes full of dirt lining Pierce County town streets have popped up everywhere. Where you leastRead More →
From vertical gardens to succulent gardens to community vegetable gardens like the San Francisco garden pictured above, city dwellers all around us have started to embrace their (hopefully) green thumb. For city dwellers in particular, community gardening gives us much-needed “outdoor time” with like-minded people, with the added gift ofRead More →
Gardening styles and philosophies can collide in any neighborhood where manicured lawns collide with patches of wildflowers. So you would think that community gardeners who tend plots shoulder to shoulder would have problems. But community gardeners seem to put as much emphasis on the community as they do on theRead More →