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Community Gardens
What is the Focus?
To promote and create community gardens where citizens can grow fresh food
for themselves, have a positive impact on neighborhoods by cleaning up vacant
lots, educate youth, and bring communities together.
What Does NRCS Offer?
Design and planning assistance, educational materials, conferences.
What is an Example of a Community Garden?
NEW HAVEN, CT – The Second Annual Community Gardening Conference was held at
Southern Connecticut State University and featured John Rowley, former site
coordinator for the Interbay P-Patch Community Gardens in Seattle, Washington.
Mr. Rowley spoke on building soil health with organic matter and building
community spirit with community gardening. Eighteen concurrent sessions focused
on issues such as composting, insect controls, funding school gardens, weeds,
gardening in small spaces, food security, herbs, and low maintenance gardening.
The conference included two bus tours – one to Common Ground High School (home
of the New Haven Ecology Project), where participants viewed a small working
farm with organic gardens and livestock. The other took participants to the New
Haven Community Gardens and Greenspaces in the Newhallville and West Rock
neighborhoods.
Who are the Partners?
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