How Does Your Garden Grow?
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA: uniting plants and people in CommUNITY Gardens for thriving growth and relationships
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4 min readAug 25, 2021
Over the last eighteen months, community gardens served as an escape for many folks. A haven of activity or reflection. For children, parents, individual adults seeking a hobby, conversation, and the sheer pleasure of creating something.
San Francisco encourages people to go back to the soil to grow food, either in a community garden or their own backyard.
The city also offers the tools to make these community and home gardens happen. We’ll look at some of the elements involved in a garden like, planning, composting, and weather conditions.
Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden, San Francisco opened in October 2013.
Planners think about the design of the garden
They consider which sections for specific plants. Which plants you choose for shaded areas depends on how much sunlight the…
