Community gardening in the United States

Urban Farm DB summary

A Wikipedia article surveying the history and present state of community gardening in the United States. It traces early examples such as the Moravians' garden in Bethabara, North Carolina in the early 1700s, Detroit's municipally sponsored 'Pingree's Potato Patches' of the 1890s, World War I/II victory gardens, and the founding of the American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) in 1978. Current figures cited include over 3,000 gardens statewide in New York, over 550 gardens on New York City property (plus 745 school gardens), about 1,400 gardens in Detroit, over 800 documented in Chicago, about 180 in Boston, and Seattle's P-Patch program with 1,900 plots across 68 locations totaling 23 acres.

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• 550 gardens

  garden count on city property(community gardens new york city)

  Social

  region

  New York City, United States

• 1,400 gardens

  garden count(community gardens detroit)

  Social

  region

  Detroit, Michigan, United States

• 1,900 plots

  plot count(p patch program seattle)

  Social

  region

  Seattle, Washington, United States

  method

  68 locations totaling 23 acres

• 1,978

  founding year(american community gardening association)

  Policy

  region

  United States

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• Community cohesionSupports
• Food accessSupports