It’s not often you see entire documentaries surrounding gardening, let alone a movie that covers politics, community gardening, and activism all rolled into one. However, “The Garden,” offers this and according to Grist, it’s a must see, in spite of some issues, and a Grist recommendation is good enough for me. This film was also nominated for an Oscar and has won plenty of other awards.

The Garden is the story of one 15 or so acre community garden plot in L.A. The garden was started in 1992 after the Rodney King riots and was going strong for 12 years. …read more

Community gardening is one way to get your hands dirty if you don’t have space for your own garden at home. The definition of a community garden is fairly open and includes gardens of vegetable, flowers, or other plants. Community gardens can be found at schools, in open space in your neighborhood, at local community centers, businesses, or anywhere else there’s an available plot of land. In college, I lived in University Family Housing, and we even had a community garden at the complex.

The American Community Garden Association (ACGA) notes that there are many proven benefits to community gardens, such …read more