How Community Gardens Can Help Children with Special Needs
The immediate benefits of community garden and urban farm projects are clear. They provide a sustainable means to combat local food insecurity. Other benefits are less clear, but no less impactful. A recent development in Calgary Alberta substantiates the social value of community gardens, as it applies to children with disabilities. To further expand upon the concept being applied […]
How to Spread the Word About Your Community Garden & Get Support
Managing a community garden can be one of the most rewarding experiences around. It can also be a challenge. While we have offered our advice on how to manage the challenges of such an undertaking, there is one topic we have yet to tackle, one that takes place away from the soil yet is of […]
Fun Community Garden & Farm Ideas to Get Kids More Engaged
Community gardening/farming can be fun for kids. By being creative on the garden plot, you’ll give the neighbourhood kids incentives to join in on the activities. All over the world community gardens and farms are sprouting up with organizers devising playful ways to engage local children so that they not only get involved now, but […]