Community gardens are one of the best avenues for creating an agriculture that's
urban. Any apartment loving urbanite has the capacity to cultivate a substantial portion of their own food by stewarding a 10'x20' plot of land within these city provided spaces. No more lettuce in pots on your balcony ledge, I'm talking about 20 full grown kale plants, 100 lbs of winter squash, 30 bouquets of sunflowers, 60 lbs of fresh homegrown tomatoes, mmMarion berries, plus whatever else your soul desires to grow and eat. Not only do you obtain the satisfaction of growing your own food, working outside, eating healthier, and becoming a better cook, you also get to meet amazing fellow community members who enhance all the other elements. Plus your community garden neighbors are some of the best storytellers you've never met.
Alton Baker, Amazon, Whiteaker, Mathews, River House, and Skinner City Farm are all community garden spaces available in the Eugene city limits. Enter in the lottery before April of that year, and you may be playing with the soil a month later. The more applications Eugene Parks and Open Spaces receives every year for community garden spaces will only showcase to them the importance of these agricultural centers.
Here are a few photos from one site, in the thick of spring
