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The next issue of Noon News Roundup will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again. They come and bring us lunches they have made or they come just to say thank you. Community gardens can be public or private and purposes vary. Some are places for condo or apartment dwellers to grow fresh food, while others have broader mandates. According to the Calgary Horticultural Society, there are currently more than verified active public and private community gardens in Calgary and area.
During the First World War, then-U. During that war and the Second World War, people turned front yards, schoolyards and vacant lots into gardens. The U. With Statistics Canada reporting rising food insecurity rates, gardens are still important. Data collected in showed For Calgary gardeners, this year might have been one of their toughest, with water restrictions making it a challenge to grow young plants.
At Inglewood Community Garden, volunteers brought water from rain barrels , while others gathered river water for the crops.
After the major water main break on June 5 , the board met and looked carefully at their methods and ways they could save water. It might sound like too much work for a hobby, but something is bringing people back to this garden year after year. For several years, Arlie Donnelly has been gardening and volunteering in Inglewood, gaining physical and social benefits. It was also important to her to do something charitable and where she could visually see results.
