The Popularity of Community Gardens

The community garden concept is so popular in Southern California that some wait over a year for membership.

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March 4, 2005, 1:00 PM PST

"Community gardens usually have rules: Straight-sided beds, tended by one or more individuals, are standard, as are annual fees, required work hours, strict organic practices and restrictions on fruit trees, tall plants or structures that cast shade. But they are also places of kinship and cooperation, as diverse as the neighborhoods they occupy and the gardeners who tend them."

Thanks to David Gest

FULL STORY: Together from the ground up

Thursday, March 3, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

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