[Community_garden] Gardens owned & operated by privatecompanies?

[Christine]

Schlafly's Bottleworks in Maplewood, MO (inner suburb of St. Louis) has a community garden that grows produce for the restaurant.  Six of the beds are open to the community; I'm not sure what the involvement of the staff is.

http://www.schlafly.com/garden.shtml
http://www.thecommonspace.org/2004/06/work.php 

Best,

Christine Michael
St. Louis, MO

-----Original Message-----
>From: George Campbell <mudbugsoup at comcast.net>
>Sent: Jul 1, 2008 3:22 PM
>To: 'Cynthia Price' <skyprice at gmail.com>, 'Betsy Johnson' <betsy at bgjohnson.com>
>Cc: 'ACGA Listserv' <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
>Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Gardens owned & operated by privatecompanies?
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>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CEEDB153BF935A2575BC0A9679
>48260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
>
>The above article mentions employee gardens by two businesses. Most of the
>web hits that I found were of a historical nature...the depression, and
>times when certain communities were "company towns". Depending on your
>location, one angle would be to approach this as a rooftop, energy saving,
>"green" garden. There are many angles of approach, but the rooftop garden
>idea is gaining traction.
>
>Peace
>Jeff Campbell
>Lookout Mtn, TN 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org
>[mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of
>Cynthia Price
>Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:05 PM
>To: Betsy Johnson
>Cc: ACGA Listserv
>Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Gardens owned & operated by
>privatecompanies?
>
>Herman Miller, which has a reputation for being a forward-looking
>company here in West Michigan (and in many ways actually is), just put
>in a permaculture garden at its Zeeland "Design Yard." Although the
>employees are the primary gardeners, the produce will be given to
>pantries in the area. I do agree that this is probably not the
>optimum, but I hope they will continue to progress and invite other
>passionate gardeners, especially permaculturists, to participate.
>
>Cynthia Price
>Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council
>
>On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Betsy Johnson <betsy at bgjohnson.com> wrote:
>> The South Street Community Garden in Boston is owned by the Massachusetts
>> State Laboratories (not quite a private company, but still a business-like
>> operation.)  Half the plots are allocated to employees and half the plots
>to
>> neighbors. http://ksgaccman.harvard.edu/hotc/DisplayImage.asp?id=472
>>
>>
>> Betsy Johnson
>> 11 1/2 Greenwich Park
>> Boston, MA 02118
>> 617-536-1711   betsy at bgjohnson.com
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: DAN-TAMMY BOWDEN <bowden0317 at msn.com>
>>> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:29:22 -0700
>>> To: ACGA Listserv <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
>>> Subject: [Community_garden] Gardens owned & operated by private
>companies?
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for info on any gardens that are owned and operated by
>private
>>> companies, for their employees' use.  We're about to submit a proposal to
>my
>>> employer that they develop a garden as a sort of "employee perk".  It
>would
>>> also include gardening for charity, either by percentage of harvest or by
>>> maintaining some communal charity plots.  Otherwise I think it's kind of
>>> different from the other gardens I've read about in that it would only be
>>> accessible to a closed group of folks (employees-only).
>>>
>>> Any real-life examples would be greatly appreciated!  I think we have a
>better
>>> chance of our proposal being accepted if we can point to other companies
>that
>>> have already done it.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance, and best of luck on all your gardens!
>>>
>>> Dan
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