Healing Gardens, Healing Communities
Healing Gardens, Healing Communities
A garden is a grand teacher.
It teaches patience and careful watchfulness;
it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
Gertrude Jekyll
Benefits of Community Gardens: * Improves the quality of life for people in the garden * Provides a catalyst for neighborhood and community development * Stimulates Social Interaction * Encourages Self-Reliance * Beautifies Neighborhoods * Produces Nutritious Food * Reduces Family Food Budgets * Conserves Resources * Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education * Reduces Crime * Preserves Green Space * Creates income opportunities and economic development * Reduces city heat from streets and parking lots * Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections
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American Community Garden association.
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