"Show 'Em Your Stuff"

One of the challenges that the community garden will have is presenting the concept to people who may or maynot garden. The trump card here is that everyone eats- so they can appreciate growing food. The first garden should be in a area that is highly visable- I am going to propose the narrow area that the City maintains and has designated as pocket parks. It has been my experience that very few if any pedestrians are using the pocket parks as a resting area. Too bad, because the cost of one park, Webb Park was over $50,000.00. A small community garden - ever changing throughout the growing season would promote interest in the area. Mass plantings of sunflowers would evoke a connection with farmlike areas. This would be accomplished with the help of multi-age groups: 4-H groups, Parks and Rec, garden clubs, school children. Another aspect that would promote the first of several community gardens would be signage identifying the project. Again, this would pique interest.