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Community gardens may help alleviate one effect of climate change, which is expected to cause a global decline in agricultural output, making fresh produce increasingly unaffordable. [10] Community gardens are also an increasingly popular method of changing the built environment in order to promote health and wellness in the face of urbanization.
Dundee Community Garden is one of the most notable. [3] [dead link ] Dundee Community Garden is a member of the American Community Gardening Association. [4] The garden was founded on a vacant lot in 2009 by a group of local residents. [5] In early 2013, Dundee Community Garden Inc., received non-profit status as a 501(c)(3) organization. [6]
The garden was founded in 2009 by Gene Gumfory (1939–2020). [2] The land is owned by the Denton Bible Church, but operations are funded through donations. [3] In the first five years of operation, the garden harvested over 100,000 pounds of produce. [4] In 2019, the garden donated 23,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables. [5]
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This is a list of community gardens in New York City, sorted by borough. There are over 500 public community gardens, including numerous urban farms , across the five boroughs of the city. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since the 1960s, community gardens have been developed and maintained on vacant lots throughout the city.
The garden, known as the Stanford Avalon Community Garden, used to be on 41st Street until Ralph Horowitz, the developer who owned the land, took it back in 2006. The gardeners managed to raise ...
The Church-in-the-Gardens, also known as Community Congregational Christian Church, is a historic Congregational church complex located in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. The complex includes the church (1915), Community House (1926), and Parish Hall (1953) connected by breezeways and a separate parsonage (1929).