[Community_garden] Communities and Elders

[jay sokolovsky 2]

Dear Community Garden:Community,

I am writing a short article about the role of elders in community 
gardens and their role in creating community in such spaces. I am most 
familiar with gardens in New York City having done a documentary and 
research on the history and current functioning of gardens there.  Does 
anyone know of research/examples of the role of elders in sustaining and 
building community within community gardens elsewhere in the US or in 
other nations. I am particularly interested in programs which 
successfully connect seniors and youth in a meaningful way.  In many of 
the gardens I worked in the your were dragged there by their 
grandparents who had leadership roles, but lacked a real committment to 
the garden as a community. I have visited in a number of cities gardens 
associated with senior centers or nursing homes, but found them to be 
poorly used.

Thank you for your thoughts on this would be much appreciated. 

Jay Sokolovsky
Professor of Anthropology, U of S. Florida St. Petersburg

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