Touch the Soil News #1889 (Feature Photo – Allotment Garden – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Allotment Gardens by Alex McGregor) Community Growers in the small nation of Ireland (5 million people), have become alerted that their gardening plots are not secure from development. A new movement has started to ensure that growing allotments are secure…
Touch the Soil News #1795 (Feature Photo – A Community Garden – CCA SA 4.0 International, Tdorante 10) Richmond, a town of 200,000 people lies in the middle of the larger metro area of Vancouver, British Columbia (population 2.6 million). Richmond just opened its 11th and largest community garden on Monday, April 4th, at which…
Touch the Soil News #1689 (Feature Photo – Building the Food Garden – courtesy of Purdue University and Healthnet Martindale) One trend that has been unmistakable is the growing proliferation of food gardens in every conceivable location. Now expertise from Purdue University, the lawns from a major healthcare campus and volunteers created a new food…
