The Garden Movie

Ellen and I watched The Garden, about the south central famers in LA and their struggle to maintain a community garden in the City.  I found that I had an interesting internal struggle between my values for both public and private property.  The clash of ideals is portrayed well in the film and makes for a useful foil for anyone involved in the public — private discourse in Cities.  As well, if you appreciate gardening and value the process and rhythms of life required to grow your own food you will find the film inspiring.

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Ten Ways to Make BC A Model for Urban Gardening

What a wonderful summer for my garden at home.  We have managed to put some (and sometimes just a handful so far) of rubarb, blueberries, raspberries, plums, pears, grapes, tomatoes, lettuce, chard, carrots, mint, basil, and oregano on our table from our garden.  I hope there is more to come.

I enjoyed this article on How To Make BC a Model for Urban Gardening from Tyee and have captured several ideas for the next year.  The whole series has been interesting and I would recommend reading through the links.