COMMUNITY
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| Dear FFGC friends and fellow gardeners,
Why establish a Community
Garden?
Why Not! A Community
Garden
creates a whole new specific sense of ‘place’ within
a neighborhood, city, or town. A Community Garden is a fantastic opportunity to restore and/or revitalize a blighted, abandoned or undeveloped area into an educational, productive, and ongoing community project. It can unite people by creating a sense of mutual ownership, and accomplishment. It also has the potential for connecting people to other individuals and opportunities beyond their immediate neighborhood boundaries. It is an opportunity for us to help a neighborhood establish a venue for growing additional produce for themselves or to share with others. It can create social change, and encourage intergenerational cooperation and interaction through awareness, education, experience, example, friendship and socialization. The more diverse group of individuals involved, the greater the opportunity to create a truly cohesive, self-sustaining (very important) ongoing community project. It brings PEOPLE together. So get ready to ‘plant the seeds’ of a Community Garden in your area today! The possibilities are endless, and each garden, large or small is sure to be unique to its location. Community gardening is high on the list of priorities of the National Garden Club’s agenda. Beautify Blight is the NGC President's Special Project. Check out this link on NGC website: http://www.gardenclub.org/SpecialProjects/BeautifyBlight.aspx. Where and How Does
MY Garden Grow?
As we expand the FFGC
objectives for Community
Gardening I will:· Supply extensive resource and reference materials including books and internet links. Resource Booklet, PDF · Provide direction in recognizing what ‘is’ and ‘is not’ considered a community garden. · Encourage you to create interest in Community Gardening as you set goals, as well as organize and identify resources that may already exist within your neighborhood or community. Informational Brochure, PDF · Help you to target, and utilize the unique talents and skills that exist within the membership of your own individual District Clubs and Circles. · Create a ‘networking’ system that will allow for questions, feedback, sharing (including photos), and communication among all of the District X Clubs and Circles as well as other FFGC Districts. Community Gardens Newsletter: Weighing In! April, 2010, PDF July, 2010, PDF I look forward to working with, and hopefully meeting many of you in the near future. I am always available to answer your questions or help in any way. I will be checking in often to see how you are doing and to share information. Please do not hesitate to ‘Weigh In’ and contact me at any time. |
