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Gardens at libraries, schools, and farms where people grow food together. 10 verified stories. Stories come from St. Martinville, Denver, and Las Vegas. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityPlow & Pulse Foundation's free garden day was its biggest yet. Children planted vegetables, met a veterinarian, and took home a cabbage.
Verified · The Daily Iberian
CommunityDenver Health and Re:Vision have given urban-farm produce to 200 families in southwest Denver. The 12-week program is set to add the Westwood Clinic next year.
Verified · 9News
CommunityStudents, parents, and neighbors at Mendoza Elementary spread 44 tons of donated rock, built benches, painted a dinosaur mural, and laid a River of Kindness of painted stones.
Verified · Las Vegas Sun
AnimalsJean Quade turned a weedy back lot on Avenel Avenue into pollinator habitat large enough to be certified as a Monarch Waystation. Neighbors who had not met before now garden there together.
Verified · WDBJ7
CommunityAlly Financial volunteers worked with students at Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy to redo the community garden, pack hundreds of snack packs, and make over the teachers' lounge.
Verified · CBS Detroit
CommunityThe Albion Municipal Library grows tomatoes and peppers for its food pantry, with grants paying for the greenhouse, raised beds, and trees.
Verified · Times Republican
CommunityThe Biblioteca della Natura at Terra Franca lends illustrated books on nature and permaculture, and its opening included seed bombs for a neighborhood garden.
Verified · Giornale del Mediterraneo
CommunityCommon Good City Farm grows about 4,500 pounds of produce a year and turns no one away, saving customers about $20,000 last year.
Verified · The Wash
CommunityWhat began as a Kansas City idea 14 years ago is now more than 14,000 trees in 847 orchards. The fruit is free to pick.
Verified · KCUR
CommunityThe Gardeners Guild meets Thursdays at the Orange Cove Branch Library, starting with lavender, St. John's wort, and society garlic.
Verified · Mid Valley Times