Community Gardens

Community gardens in urban cities have begun to surface in the environmental sciences.  There are a few positive contributions to the surrounding community around the community garden.  First, community gardens are where people who would not have fertile land and soil, like urban cities, could grow plants, vegetables, and fruits.  The gardens could be a means for people to grow their own food in the garden.  The garden could also be used by surrounding neighbors to grow and sell their own vegetables and fruits.  Another positive contribution the community garden provides is the education of growing your own food.  Many people living in the urban cities most likely have never grown their own food or have any idea about the process of gardening and maintaining their food or crops.  As well, community gardens give people an outlet to the outdoors they did not have before the garden.  Instead of spending time watching television or browsing the internet, people could go outside and embrace nature in the garden.  These are just several positive contributions community gardens have given to the urban landscape.