A Community Garden - Food For Thought

The garden blogs of some  English bloggers, have shared experiences from  their allotments, Denise at A Growing Obsession has written about her community garden plot,  and recently, Nadezda posted about Swedish allotments here.  There's a community garden not far from my home that I drive by fairly regularly and last weekend, the huge sunflowers planted around the perimeter drew me in.  I thought that I'd only be able to look from behind a fence but the garden is open on one side making exploration easy.



There were a couple of volunteers working on hauling wood mulch to cover paths.  In chatting with one gentleman, he said that the garden was open to anyone. 


Every gardener wishes for more space and I'd love to plant a cutting garden and grow a few vegetables. 


Growing things in an off site garden would definitely be a different experience from having plants surrounding one's home.








Would you consider adding a community garden plot to your gardening experience?  Have you done this before?  Was it rewarding? 

Since spring is a few months away, there's a bit of time to contemplate and if you need a space for that, there's a stone labyrinth here as well.