[Community_garden] Community_garden Digest, Vol 107, Issue 3

[Pauline Tessier]

This email is dated Feb 23? And, I just received it?


On Feb 23, 2007, at 2:20 AM, Judith Gardner wrote:

> Dear Kristin,
>
> We have much of what you are describing here in Detroit, but not  
> centered in
> one "director" and without (as yet) the arts component.
>
> There is an active collaboration, the Garden Resource Program,  
> developed and
> run by four organizations:  The Greening of Detroit (a non-profit  
> dedicated
> to reforesting the city), the Earthworks Garden (a project of the  
> Capuchin
> Brotherhood, the Michigan State Extension Service (a state sponsored
> agricultural education service), and the Detroit Agricultural Network  
> (a
> network of family and community gardens with deep, and ever-expanding,  
> roots
> in the community.)
>
> The Garden Resource program provides material and educational resources
> (everything from seeds and seedlings, compost and coffee bags, tool  
> banks,
> and an extensive array of horticulture, community organizing, cooking  
> and
> nutrition, marketing and composting classes) to member family and  
> community
> gardens.
>
> It has developed a team of organizers and horticulturists who work for  
> one
> of the above organizations or are AmeriCore Volunteers or just plain  
> unpaid
> volunteers.  To me the genius of it is that it is a real training  
> ground for
> community activists.  Although one could legitimately say that Ashley
> Atkinson, from the Greening of Detroit, has been the major engine of  
> its
> development, she is such a good organizer that the leadership is truly
> decentralized.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Judy from Detroit
>
>
>> From: "Kristin Faurest" <kfaurest at hotmail.com>
>> Reply-To: faurest.kristin at chello.hu
>> To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org
>> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Community_garden Digest, Vol 107,  
>> Issue 3
>> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:51:11 +0000
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>> I am looking around for good examples of cities where an organization  
>> (i.e.
>> a nonprofit such as a neighborhood design center or similar group)  
>> employs
>> a
>> director of community garden initiatives whose job is focused on  
>> upgrading
>> current gardens, introducing opportunities for outreach, educational
>> series,
>> concerts, art projects, etc. that all center around the gardens as  
>> sort of
>> outdoor community centers.
>> Any suggestions on successful examples?
>> thanks very much as always!!
>> Kristin Faurest, Budapest
>>
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