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Community Gardens
Making Changes in Families and Communities
A Presentation By Clorinda Jacobson
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Why Garden? Increased Nutrition Awareness Increased Environmental Awareness Higher Learning Achievements Increased Life Skills
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Keys To Successful Garden Based Learning Programs
• Youth Development and leadership
• Community Development and Involvement
• Using the internet as a Resource for your program
• Evaluation
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What is a community garden?
•Any piece of land gardened by a group of people.
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What would be the benefits for the Antelope Valley?
• Stimulates social interaction• Encourages self reliance• Beautifies neighborhoods• Produces nutritious food• Reduces family food budgets• Conserves resources• Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise,
therapy and education
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* It Could reduce crime.
* Preserves green space.
*Creates income opportunities and
economic development.
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•Reduces city heat from parking lots.•Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross cultural connections.•It will provide a way for our community to feed our hungry through the nutritious food we will be able to grow right here in our community.
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Components of the project
A working farmMural art
New Green ScienceA global village
A university learning center
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"A garden is a friend you can visit any time.“ Anonymous
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"As the Garden Grows, so does the Gardener“ Anonymous
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"Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow." Anonymous
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"We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden." Anonymous
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"All my hurts my garden spade can heal."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt." Anonymous
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Watch this example of how Alameda involved youth in their
community garden.
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Now it’s time for us to plant the first seed!
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References
Baker R April (1997) 'Where the sidewalks end, urban gardens patches of paradise from vacant lots,' Hope, Humanity Making a Difference, Apr, pp. 16-23.
Blair D, Giesecke C and Sherman S (1991) 'A dietary, social and economic evaluation of the Philadelphia Urban Gardening Project,' J Nutrition Education, 23, pp. 161-167.
Boston Urban Gardeners (1982) A Handbook of Community Gardening. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Brooks C (1988) 'Adult physical activity behavior: a trend analysis,' J of Clinical Epidemiology, 41, pp. 385-92.
Brown LK and Vega W (1996) 'A protocol for community-based research,' American J Preventive Medicine, suppl 12(4), pp. 4-5.