1. Building a Better Community: The Power of Gardening
By: Jesus Delgado and Nancy Garibay

2. What is Community Gardening?
According to Marin Master Gardeners, "a community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people, utilizing either individual or shared plots on private or public land".

3. Community Gardening Builds Bridges
Community gardens, bring in people from different races, cultures, ethnics, beliefs, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Community members, engage with one another, by taking care of the garden that is or can be, private or public commons.

4. Benefits Community Engagement Crime Prevention Cultural Opportunities
Finding solutions to community catastrophes
Crime Prevention
Opportunities to meet neighbors
Get to know your local law enforcement
When you know the people around your community, you are less likely to commit a crime against them and prevent others from doing such acts
Cultural Opportunities
Opportunity to grow crops that are not locally available
Exchange cultural ideas.
Youth
Learn how to grow crops
Learn from the elders
Learn the importance of community leadership

6. Citations:
Benefits of Community Gardening. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2017, from