“Any considered urban gardening plan involves the transformation of vacant lots into small parks and gardens instead of yet another apartment complex. While the “pocket park” idea has been around for a long time I believe there is one aspect missing. Not only should there be small parks scattered throughout the neighborhood, there should also be an on-going effort to link these parks together in some way. Imagine being able to walk for miles though your neighborhood and city, moving from one park to another. This is certainly not a quick fix, but imagine the cities our children and grandchildren would inherit if we started today.“
From A Gardener’s Notebook by Douglas E. Welch DouglasEWelch.com
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Previously from A Gardener’s Notebook:
- Parks in our own backyard… from A Gardener’s Notebook
- Reflection…
- There’s is a new movement afoot here to convert lawns into gardens, grass into vegetables…
- Lost and found…
- Sharing beauty as well as food…
- Garden Sharing: Not everyone has the time, space or ability to start their own gardens
- I am the epitome of the lazy gardener, but I must place some of the blame on my perennials
- I am a lazy gardener…
- The act of drawing itself is more important than the results…
- Drawing is seeing in your garden
- Mark out an area of your garden
- Your Garden – Inch-by-Inch
- Gardens can tell us a lot about ourselves, but we also end up communicating who we are to others through our gardens.
- Gardens can be beautiful or productive and are often both at the same time.