mobile community gardens in empty lots
Community gardens could be setup in the gated empty lots around the city. The lot owner could put up a sponsorship sign so they get the free advertising of supporting something helpful to the community. The garden could be setup in a way that it could be moved to another lot when the original lot was eventually put to another use.
andrew
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Draft Greenest City Action Plan includes a strategy to increase community garden plots of a variety of scope and scale.
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giselle
commented
I think this is a great idea, I think we should have more access to moveable gardens, to maximize our sun exposure, our space and our growing capacity. I believe this will make renters feel more at ease with garden, instead of putting all this work in and then moving to a new place and starting over, you just move your garden with you.
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andrew
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Thanks! I would be interested to be involved with something like that if anyone was interested.
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@Andrew, sounds like an interesting design competition idea for someone to take on.
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Anonymous
commented
This is a good idea overall, but we should also keep in mind that some lots are fenced and empty because they have been contaminated. I would not want to enter those types of spaces.
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andrew
commented
Could also have an open collaborative design for how to make the gardens mobile, and put it online so people could share ideas on how to do it.