Growing Community Gardens

7 steps to creating a sustainable community garden:

1. Engage community in development stages: find out skills, needs, wants of neighborhood (survey)
2. Design for social gatherings/workshops
3. Universal design: child, elderly and handicapped-accessible
4. Model sustainability: rainwater harvesting, renewable energy, composting
5. Offer compost memberships to people who may not be able to directly work on garden
6. Display art and showcase the talents of local artists
7. Create a beautiful space