A community garden can be a place to grow vegetables. It can also be where neighbors exchange knowledge, children discover food and communities build a more direct relationship with what they eat.
The strongest community gardens create connections between food, people, knowledge and place.
Create practical opportunities for people to produce some of what they eat.
Make growing skills visible through people learning alongside one another.
Turn abundance into exchange, generosity and stronger community relationships.
Create places where varieties and the stories connected to them can continue.
Give younger participants direct experience with soil, plants, season and food.
Link community participants with farmers, markets and the broader local food ecosystem.
Cucina's interest is not simply cataloging community gardens. It is identifying gardens that help people participate, learn and connect with the larger food ecosystem around them.