[Community_garden] Communities and Elders

[yarrow at sfo.com]

Maybe look into allotment gardens in England? What I know of them 
comes from watching dvds of British tv programs -- Rosemary & Thyme, 
and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, each had an episode set in an 
allotment garden where the most dedicated gardeners were elders. The 
latter also had a regular character who was occasionally shown in his 
allotment garden.



At 2:28 PM -0400 6/18/07, jay sokolovsky 2 wrote:
>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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