Community Urban Gardens

A community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people. It can be urban, suburban, or rural, where people can plant flowers, vegetables or ornamental plants.

Community gardens have lots of benefits, among them,we can state the improvement of the quality of life for people in the garden; preservation of green spaces; reduction of city heat from streets and parking lots. American community gardening in urban areas is cleaning up abandoned vacant lots and turning them into procutive gardens, helping to reduce crimes and stimulating social interaction.

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Community gardens creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education, and it's a good opportunity to envolve children with the nature.

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For more information about how to start a community garden in your neighborhood, or for tips, articles and a bunch of other stuff, there's is the American  Community Gardening Association website, http://www.communitygarden.org/.

There you can learn more about community gardens and get information on how to be more involved in a community garden near you.

In Macon, there are the North Macon Park Community Garden and the Pleasant Hill Community Garden seen at the image below.

Community Garden in Macon, GA. Source: http://acga.localharvest.org/garden/M728