Largest Community Garden in the US
The
Shiloh Field Community Garden just happens to be in Denton, TX where my son
and his family are living. Today we
toured it (11/23/16) and talked to the founder, Gene Gumfory. This garden has been open
for seven years and they have learned a lot, most of which is very relevant for
the Central Urban Farm in Anchorage, especially since both gardens are on
church property.


Here is the sign that is up at the
entry of the garden.

To access free fertilizer, they now have horse farms delivering to them directly as well as the tree companies. In the fall, they put out an all call for raked leaves and people just bring them. They also have all of their chicken manure. The long rows of compost mixes right there on site and stays very hot all year.
The garden also boasts 3 high tunnels for winter growing, 15-20
doz eggs a day, honey, blackberries and grapes.
All of the extra food is shared with many, many organizations who feed
the poor. In Denton 1 in 5 persons lives
below the poverty level.
Gene
recommends a committee of 4 or 5 to run the garden, which is not what he
has. He is trying to manage it
himself. He also recommends that every
community garden organizer join the
American Community Garden Association.
They have lots of ideas there, he told me.
I
left with lots of ideas---especially signage.
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