Community Gardens Resource information update:

Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening as a Community-Building Tool, by Karen Payne and Deborah Fryman.
$16.00. American Community Gardening Association, C/O Council on the Environment of New York City, 51 Chambers Street, Suite 228, New York, NY 10007; 877-275-2242;  http://www.communitygarden.org/acga-store.php

Entrepreneurial Community Gardens: Growing Food, Skills, Jobs and Communities, 1999, by Gail Feenstra, Sharyl McGrew and David Campbell.
This study includes a comparative analysis of 27 entrepreneurial gardens, five case studies and extensive appendices with urban agriculture and gardening contacts, an annotated contact list of entrepreneurial community gardens, business development resources and funding opportunities for job creation and training in urban agriculture. 106 pp. $10 plus $3.50 shipping and handling. (Publication 21587.) DANR Communication Services, 6701 San Pablo Avenue, 2nd Floor, Oakland, California 94608-1239; 800-994-8849. danrcs@ucdavis.edu

Growing Communities Curriculum: Community Building and Organizational Development through Community Gardening, 2001, by Jeanette Abi-Nader, Kendall Dunnigan & Kristen Markley.
This book offers ten workshops covering community organizing, leadership, fund-raising, communication plans, coalition-building, diversity, and more. 352 pp. $40 plus $5 shipping and handling. American Community Gardening Association, C/O Council on the Environment of New York City, 51 Chambers Street, Suite 228, New York, NY 10007; 877-275-2242. http://www.communitygarden.org/pubs/index.html

Growing Together: Community Gardening and Food Security, 1996, by Sustainable Food Center.
Covers all the details of establishing a community garden, for local organizations, governments and individuals. 35 pp. Free. SFC, Attn: "Garden Guide," 434 Bastrop Hwy, Austin, Texas 78741; 800-882-5592. Other SFC publications include a complete "how-to" manual for starting a farmers' market and Growing Smart, a compilation of Texas sustainable agriculture success stories. www.sustainablefoodcenter.org

Starting a Community Garden, from the American Community Gardening Association. Free. http://www.communitygarden.org/pubs/index.html#Starting

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