…is a garden or gardens on a plot or plots of land set aside for use of the urban, rural, or suburban community. Like the huge variety of vegetables and flowers that sprout from the thousands of rows and beds in these gardens across our planet, people from all walks of life grow in a wide variety of ways, as they till, sow, and harvest their crops.

This past summer Change the World Kids garden expanded to nine 4 x 10 foot beds in the community garden in Woodstock and Pomfret, Vermont. In our plots we grew fresh produce for our local food shelf and for families with whom we are working: five beds for the staples of corn, potatoes, squash and tomatoes, and four beds to provide a variety of vegetables that are often expensive enough in the stores to be considered extras when you are on a tight budget. We delivered hundreds of pounds of produce throughout the summer – in July and August almost 100 pounds a week!

Community gardens provide far more than food. They are about eating fresh and local vegetables that you grow yourself – or trade with your fellow gardener; reducing your carbon footprint; working outside and getting your hands into the dirt; and making new friends within your community.

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