Why Community Gardens?
How does this happen? Well, community gardens create safe and healthy recreational areas in parks, schoolyards, hospitals, retirement homes, business sites and unused urban lots. This encourages people to get involved in their community and help care for it. School kids, youth job training groups, senior citizens, immigrants, newcomers and old-timers of many socio-economic Á groups enjoy these spaces as outdoor classrooms and labs, training sites, field trip destinations or celebration venues. Research also shows that community gardens can help revitalize and reclaim spaces once dominated by dumping, vandalism and illegal activities and help communities grow healthy, accessible food for the gardeners and to share with schools, food banks, shelters and other hungry people. Most people know that gardens create green spaces and provide oxygen, cooling shade and welcome oases for meditation, recreation and relaxation. This is especially so for community gardens. There’s not much doubt abou
