11 Facts About Community garden

Community garden is a piece of land gardened or cultivated by a group of people individually or collectively.

The second wave of community garden development happened during the WWI and WWII; they were part of "Liberty Gardens" and "Victory Gardens" respectively.

The most recent wave of community garden development happened in the 1970s during the OPEC crisis, results of grassroots movement in quest for available land to combat against food insecurity.

Unlike public parks, whether a community garden is open to the general public is dependent upon the lease agreements with the management body of the park and the community garden membership.

The location of a community garden is a critical factor in how often the community garden is used and who visits it.

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Exposure to a community garden is much more likely for an individual if they are able to walk or drive to the location, as opposed to public transportation.

Gardens are often started when neighbors come together to commit to the organization, construction and management of a Community garden, and are assisted by experienced organizers such as the Green Guerillas of New York City.

Participation in a community garden has been shown to increase both availability and consumption of fruits and vegetables in households.

The first community garden was founded in 2002 and in 2020 you can find at the map of community garden named mapko.

Community garden movement is of more recent provenance than allotment gardening, with many such gardens in built-up areas on patches of derelict land, waste ground or land owned by the local authority or a private landlord that is not being used for any purpose.

An example inner-city garden of this sort is Islington's Culpeper Community Garden, which is a registered charity, or Camden's Phoenix Garden.