Resources for Community Gardens

You have always wanted to garden but you don't feel like you have enough know how, well we are here to help! There are already many community gardens in Portland and we are working to ensure that there are more. But a community garden isn't the only way to begin your planting career, you can have a pot of herbs, plant a tree or grow flowers in a planter box.
Below are a list of resources and links that will help you start your garden and then keep it going, whether that means an herb patch or corn to feed the whole family all autum long. Good luck and feel free to send us your experiences, we might even add them to our blog. And write to city council, asking them to support more community gardens!


The Importance of Sustainability.

Permaculture OR (A BOOK)
VS.
Raised Beds

Why Local?

Not A Lot of Space. No Worries with "The Square Foot Gardener"

More for the "space challenged"

A Community Garden Near You.

Scary Scary Genetically Modified Food.

Preservatives, Yuck!

Oil and What You Eat.


More Food Mile Madness.

Herb Pots.

Planter Box Gardens.

Seasonal Gardening.

Planting Zones.






Wednesday, July 25, 2007

SURVEYING

We made surveys to see how many people in our community would support a community garden in their neighborhood and how much they knew about sustainable gardening. Getting people to do surveys was hard! We only knocked on about 15 doors but only got about 4 answers. mostly everyone was at work or sleeping at the time. People we saw on the street that we asked always acted as if they were too busy to check a couple boxes. We did get about 50 surveys back though. About 15 of which came from people around our school. The people that usually filled them out were people at bus stops, people in the nearby park and one person that was standing in her yard smoking along with a lifeguard working at the front desk. It was not easy! I'm actually surprised how many surveys we did get filled out though, we did good!




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