[Community_garden] Urban Community Garden.

[Kathy Dellwo]

We are just beginning an Urban Garden Project in Spokane.  It is in a poor but unique neighborhood near downtown Spokane.  We are "a scattered site" community garden--using yard space from private property owners and churchyards. We plan to clean up and throw seed into vacant lots, encourage people to garden in their yards and develop gardens at these different "scattered" locations in the neighborhood.  We will find caring people who will garden a spot at one of our sites and who be willing to nurture a young person or two.  This spring we hope to be ready to hire 4-6 youth out of drug court--and to have a summer garden camp.  We plan to develop small roadside stands in the neighborhood to sell some of the produce that the gardeners donate, and or, a central Market in the neighborhood.  We are just starting out but with a lot of community support.
Does anyone you know have a community garden project that is similar that we might learn from?  We are in contact with Boise, Missoula and Olympia.       


Kathy Dellwo
Riverfront Farm
2605 W.Boone Ave
Spokane, WA  99201
509-325-3104
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