Synopses & Reviews
LaManda Joy, the founder of Chicago’s Peterson Garden Project and a board member of the American Community Gardening Association, has worked in the community gardening trenches for years and brings her knowledge to the wider world in Start a Community Food Garden. This hardworking guide covers every step of the process: fundraising, community organizing, site sourcing, garden design and planning, finding and managing volunteers, and managing the garden through all four seasons. A section dedicated to the basics of growing was designed to be used by community garden leaders as an educational tool for teaching new members how to successfully garden.
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"Dreaming of a community garden? Start your journey with this readable and useful guide." P. Allen Smith, award-winning gardening expert, author, and host of P. Allen Smith - ' - s Garden Home
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“Delightful . . . An excellent tool that cultivates human communities as much as it grows vegetables in group gardens.” Publishers Weekly
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“An essential and accessible resource for community leaders.”
Booklist
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“LaManda Joy's new book is a wonderful resource on the subject. Topics covered include planning, sustainability strategies, mobilizing volunteers and developing people skills. The nuts and bolts of growing food make up much of the book, from choosing seeds versus seedlings, site selection, structural supports, pest and disease control and weeding.” Chicago Tribune
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“A valuable reference for building a strong foundation, for anyone new to organizing or community gardening.”
Library Journal
Synopsis
Recommended by the American Community Gardening Association
Community gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh food, creating an enormously positive effect in the lives of everyone it touches. LaManda Joy, the founder of Chicago's Peterson Garden Project and a board member of the American Community Gardening Association, has worked in the community gardening trenches for years and brings her knowledge to the wider world in Start a Community Food Garden. This hardworking guide covers every step of the process: fundraising, community organizing, site sourcing, garden design and planning, finding and managing volunteers, and managing the garden through all four seasons. A section dedicated to the basics of growing was designed to be used by community garden leaders as an educational tool for teaching new members how to successfully garden.
About the Author
LaManda Joy is an award-winning Master Gardener and the founder and executive director of Peterson Garden Project, which manages seven community gardens and nearly three thousand gardeners in Chicago, Illinois. A nationally recognized expert, lecturer, and writer on urban edible gardening, she is the author (with Theresa Gale) of Fearless Food Gardening in Chicagoland, and creator of the acclaimed blog The Yarden. LaManda also serves on the board of directors of the American Community Gardening Association, was the recipient of the Robert Mondavi Growing through Giving award, and featured in the Mrs. Meyers Clean Day Grow Inspired film series. She has lectured on historical Victory Gardens at the Library of Congress, the Field Museum, the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, and the Seed Savers Exchange Annual Conference.