New process will cultivate more community gardens in HRM
Posted Apr 28, 2010 06:07:38 AM.
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Regional councillors have voted unanimously in favour of a new process that will make it easier to establish a community garden in HRM.
A city staff report shows more and more questions come in every year about setting up garden patches on city land, and a formal process was needed to help get them established.
Councillor Jennifer Watts says community gardens are great because they grow more than plants.
“Great intergenerational things happen when children are working with older adults in our community or youth in learning about how to garden,” she said. “As well, there are wonderful opportunities for cross-cultural exposure and sharing. People coming from different parts of the world, growing different foods and that process of sharing with one another.”
The staff report notes community gardens help teach residents about sustainability and food safety, while the new plants add beauty and improved air quality to a neighbourhood.
