For starters, begin reading the ACGA website, and links completely. American Community Gardening Association . Carefully reading through ALL of the pages and ALL of links should give you the right questions to ask.
The short answer is that community gardens are grass roots citizen created open green space, which are created not by guys in offices downtown, but by locals who have decided to clean up abandoned lots and turn them into a hybrid of green oases and/or areas for the local production of fresh vegetables. As public spaces, community gardens are graced with the active participation and life of their surrounding communities, and actually enhance the property values of the adjoining block(s). Please read this astounding study from St. Louis Greening - WhitmireStudy.html Please come back to this listserve with your newly formulated queries, Everbest, Adam Honigman Volunteer, Clinton Community Garden > Subj: [cg] Research Help > Date: 4/15/04 4:22:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hello Everyone, > > I just joined the ACGA, and I was wondering if anyone had a list of > resources for reserchers interestin on Community Gardening. I am a grad > student studing Geography in Chicago. I want to look at how community > gardens fit into the spheres of public space. If anyone would have info > that could help, I would appreciate it. > Thanks, > Jenny Hampton > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN > Premium! > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&; > pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/ > > > ______________________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
