Tag Archives: Urban Gardens

Ellen LaConte : Garden As If Your Life Depended on It

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Digging in for the future. Image from Civil Eats.Because it will:Garden as if your life depended on it By Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog / March 31, 2011 Spring has sprung — at least south of the northern tier … Continue reading →

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Corey Hill : A Cultural Revolution in Struggling Detroit?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

D-Town Farm in Detroit. Image from Hello Ms.Detroit.Reimagining Detroit:Urban gardens and green economymark seismic cultural shift By Corey Hill / AlterNet / March 22, 2011 DETROIT — On February 16, Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder signed into law a sweeping emergency … Continue reading →

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San Francisco’s Castro District : How Does Your Garden Grow?

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bill Murphy oversees the care and maintenance of Corwin Street Community Garden in San Francisco’s Castro District. Photo from Hedonia.Tending our garden:The politics of planting (and sharing): By Allen Young / The Rag Blog / January 24, 2010 See ‘Fruits … Continue reading →

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Sustainability : Transforming Detroit

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photographer: Fabrizio Costantini/Bloomberg News. Hazel Williams picks green tomatoes at an Urban Farm off Linwood Avenue in Detroit, on Sept. 22, 2008. Photo by Fabrizio Costantini / Bloomberg.Detroit: City of HopeBuilding a sustainable economy out of the ashes of industry. … Continue reading →

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