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London, Ontario

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          resource to foster community action

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Thank you,

LCRC staff.

Praise for the LCRC Community Gardens: a wish for continued growth

Submitted by Bill Adams , community gardener, Thames Park Gardens

After talking to (Linda Davies, LCRC Executive Director) on Sunday (July 26, 2009) I did a tour of some

of the other gardens. I have a much better sense of what is happening at the other locations. I think

there are still four that I need to visit.

My tour took in most of the almost 500 plots that make up the community garden network. Even in some

of the smaller gardens there were things of interest that made the trip worth the effort.  I ran into some

plants that I was unable to identify and that speaks to the cultural diversity of the individual gardeners.

I was amazed at the variations of gardening techniques and the way that LCRC have adapted to the

sites throughout the city.

In almost all of the gardens that I visited I had a sense of being welcome and safe. A couple of the

locations are isolated and did not feel as comfortable as others. Other gardens just spoke of an open

invitation. Come in, look around, enjoy. I was always amazed at the way individuals had met the

challenges presented at different locations. There were some abandoned plots here and there and that

was probably more of a problem in sites with lower public profiles rather than a reflection on the

communities that they were in.

I think you are doing a fantastic job and it is my wish that the growth that you have experienced this

year will continue.

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