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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Year of Plenty

Inspiring Before and After Community Garden Pictures

GOOD has a great photo spread of an urban garden;

Over the last few years, urban gardening has grown increasingly more prominent—as an emblem of demand for healthier, more natural food; as a centerpiece of community-minded interaction; and as a means of cultivating beautifully functional public spaces. All these factors are in evidence at the Somerset Community Garden in South Providence, Rhode Island, where families of African, Cambodian, Dominican, European, Hmong, Laotian, Liberian, and other origins share a public space where they maintain all sorts of different crops. Photographed across many seasons over a two-year span by Lucas Foglia, "The Garden" covers an entire city block and continues to attract a vast array of individuals.

Before

After
Go here if you're interested in participating in a community garden in the west valley of Spokane.



Year of Plenty

The Year of Plenty blog was created by Craig Goodwin in the winter of 2008 to chronicle the experiences of his family as they sought to consume everything local, used, homegrown or homemade. That journey was a wonderful introduction to people and movements in the Spokane area who are seeking the welfare of the community through local foods, farmers markets, community gardens, sustainable transportation, and more fulfilling and just patterns of consumption. In 2009 and beyond the blog will continue to report on these relationships and practices, all through the eyes of a family with young children. Craig manages the Millwood Farmers' Market, is a Master Food Preserver and Pastor at Millwood Presbyterian Church. Craig can be reached at goody2230@gmail.com