Creating Your Own Growing Space (ebook)
The purpose of this guide is to help teach you each step in the process of starting your very own community garden and growing space. From planning out community organizing, site sourcing, fundraising, garden design, and managing your garden through all four seasons. Community gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh food, creating an enormously positive effect in the lives of everyone it touches. A section dedicated to the process of purchasing land and land acquisition serves as an educational tool for teaching how to navigate this process for complete ownership of your space and plan for expansion.
As more and more people become interested in getting back to nature and growing their own food, the community-gardening movement is exploding in popularity, giving city and suburban dwellers an opportunity to try out their green thumbs. As neighbors come together to get their hands dirty in the name of beautifying public spaces and taking steps toward more sustainable living, community collaboration is blossoming, and knowledge is growing right along with the flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
This guide to community gardening and land ownership offers comprehensive planning and planting advice to those looking to start a garden in the community, as well as to those interested in joining an existing garden.
Learn how to get the whole family involved in the community's gardening efforts and start a community garden from scratch, including gathering a team, brainstorming, navigating the legalities, securing funds, and breaking ground.
The purpose of this guide is to help teach you each step in the process of starting your very own community garden and growing space. From planning out community organizing, site sourcing, fundraising, garden design, and managing your garden through all four seasons. Community gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh food, creating an enormously positive effect in the lives of everyone it touches. A section dedicated to the process of purchasing land and land acquisition serves as an educational tool for teaching how to navigate this process for complete ownership of your space and plan for expansion.
As more and more people become interested in getting back to nature and growing their own food, the community-gardening movement is exploding in popularity, giving city and suburban dwellers an opportunity to try out their green thumbs. As neighbors come together to get their hands dirty in the name of beautifying public spaces and taking steps toward more sustainable living, community collaboration is blossoming, and knowledge is growing right along with the flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
This guide to community gardening and land ownership offers comprehensive planning and planting advice to those looking to start a garden in the community, as well as to those interested in joining an existing garden.
Learn how to get the whole family involved in the community's gardening efforts and start a community garden from scratch, including gathering a team, brainstorming, navigating the legalities, securing funds, and breaking ground.
The purpose of this guide is to help teach you each step in the process of starting your very own community garden and growing space. From planning out community organizing, site sourcing, fundraising, garden design, and managing your garden through all four seasons. Community gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh food, creating an enormously positive effect in the lives of everyone it touches. A section dedicated to the process of purchasing land and land acquisition serves as an educational tool for teaching how to navigate this process for complete ownership of your space and plan for expansion.
As more and more people become interested in getting back to nature and growing their own food, the community-gardening movement is exploding in popularity, giving city and suburban dwellers an opportunity to try out their green thumbs. As neighbors come together to get their hands dirty in the name of beautifying public spaces and taking steps toward more sustainable living, community collaboration is blossoming, and knowledge is growing right along with the flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
This guide to community gardening and land ownership offers comprehensive planning and planting advice to those looking to start a garden in the community, as well as to those interested in joining an existing garden.
Learn how to get the whole family involved in the community's gardening efforts and start a community garden from scratch, including gathering a team, brainstorming, navigating the legalities, securing funds, and breaking ground.