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Joy, LaManda.
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Community gardens.
Food crops.
Vegetables.
Community gardens.
Food crops.
Vegetables.
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Start
a
community
food
garden
: the essential handbook / LaManda Joy.
by
Joy, LaManda.
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, Inc., 2014.
ISBN:
9781604694840
160469484X
Description:
203 pages : illustratioins ; 26 cm.
Edition:
1st edition.
Contents:
Without
community
, it's just a
garden
: getting organized -- Get the party started: meetings with a mission -- Bringing the
garden
to life: planning and design -- Taking care of
garden
business: a structure for sustainability -- Mobilizing: developing a team of gardeners and volunteers -- The year-round
community
: keeping it fun -- Groundwork for success: teaching new gardeners -- Twenty-one vegetables to sow, harvest, store, and serve.
Summary:
Community
gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh
food
, and has an enormously positive effect on the lives of everyone it touches. And with more than 18,000 (and growing) gardens spread through the United States and Canada, they are quickly becoming a primary source for fresh
food
in urban, suburban, and rural areas. LaManda Joy, the founder of Chicagos Peterson
Garden
Project and a board member of the American
Community
Gardening Association, has worked in the
community
gardening trenches for years and brings her knowledge to the wider world in
Start
a
Community
Food
Garden
. This hardworking guide covers every step of the process: fundraising,
community
organizing, site sourcing,
garden
design and planning, finding and managing volunteers, and managing the
garden
through all four seasons. A section dedicated to the basics of growing was designed to be used by
community
garden
leaders as an educational tool for teaching new members how to successfully
garden
.
Notes:
Includes index.
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Publisher:
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, Inc., 2014.
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BISMARCK PUBLIC LIBRARY
BPL Main Floor
635 J844s 2014
In - available for use
06/23/2023
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