Community Garden – As Much for Inspiration as Food Production
Touch the Soil News #2033 (photo – Community Garden) (Courtesy of USDA, Public Domain CCA 2.0 Generic)
The Times of San Diego comes with an interesting story of a community garden being built in a city park. There was almost $500,000 raised for the park. When looking at the layout and plans, the roughly 22 plots would equate to a price tag of over $20,000 each. However the park is much more in terms of buildout to include a greenhouse, fruit trees, pollinator habitat and open spaces. The idea is also to inspire gardening at home. The fact that a community garden project spiked such interest and funding indirectly infers urban farming is trying to solve a much larger national food problem unfolding.
One of the other purposes for this specific location is to provide open space for the many multi-unit housing complexes in the area and offer residences relief from congestion. You can read the full story here. https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2023/12/18/first-ever-community-garden-in-a-city-park-starts-construction/
