Encourage youths to join for community pride and as extension agents, you should help start these community gardens and help educate the gardeners, but not get too involved in running them. To minimize vandalism. If needed, organize a community watch group among the gardeners. Florida Cooperative Extension has free fact sheets on gardening as well as bulletins available for a small charge. Many counties conduct clinics and classes on gardening and many train Master Gardeners who can be called on for expertise.
Some counties also publish gardening newsletters.