Soon the Homeless Garden Project will move to a nine-acre plot in the grassy hills above the city. Excellent information on planning, finding and obtaining land, organizing and managing, fundraising and liability insurance. For children, especially, the sense of ownership, accomplishment and responsibility involved in tending to plants can be transforming. In 1995, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin set the awe-inspiring goal of creating a garden in every California school. Students' work with plants is integrated into the curriculum and local gardeners teach classes in gardening, nutrition and the environment.
Kids spread the word.
And as community gardeners across the country will attest to, such an understanding can begin with the care of just one plant and what it can teach us about the absolute interconnectedness of Earth's living creatures. 1999 New Age Publishing. All Rights Reserved.