A community garden is a single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people. In this week's lab we got to visit the community garden at Centenary United Methodist Church. Mark Vanderhook talked with us about the garden's importance and purpose. There are many advantages of community gardens. A few of these advantages are listed below:
1.) Community gardens gives gardening space to those who live in apartments, have yards that are not garden friendly or live in cities.
2.) These gardens create friendships and build community spirit.Garden tips and advice can be shared by gardeners that will benefit in the raising of crops.
3.) Gardeners often share their crops that they have more produce than they can use.
4.) With the high cost of gasoline communities can help out by raising their own crops without the use of large machinery.
5.) Gardening is environmentally friendly and with people raising more crops and plants it helps balance out the negative effects of population and pollution.
6.) Most community gardens encourage organic growing methods. This is better for the environment and the food that is produced is healthier for humans and animals.
It was also very interesting to learn about how harmful and prevalent lead contamination is in urban soil and the effect it has on gardens. I have attached a link below that includes an article explaining one farmer's difficulty with lead contamination in the soil.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/garden/14lead.html?pagewanted=all
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