Denver Community Gardens Share the Wealth
Colorado has benefited much from the addition of community gardens, including the Denver Community Gardens.
This project accounts for 80 gardens run by Denver Urban Gardens, also known as "DUG".
Residents are growing many worthwhile and necessary foods, all the while meeting some of their neighbors for the first time.
As the residents come together, they grow plants and their communities at the same time.
DUG works with the residents and provides them with skills for designing and building proper gardens, securing land that is suitable for gardens, using gardens as a place to learn how to eat healthy, supporting the maintenance of gardens, as well as their organization, outreach and leadership; and connecting gardens with local food projects.
DUG is currently operating over one hundred community gardens in the Metro Denver area.
Some are based in schools, and these help to teach young people the importance of healthy foods.
The organization also offers programs for residents, along with free seeds.
They give young people a chance they otherwise would not have, to learn about gardening and raising healthy foods.
Since 1985, DUG has been helping its member Denver Community Gardens by supporting residents as they plant gardens that create sustainable food sources.
Their education programs for the community have expanded, so that the gardens will continue to flourish.
The founders of DUG have discovered that their training has resulted in positive changes in the areas of food security and community health.
People who once purchased vegetables from local grocery stores are now becoming more involved in the gardening movement, and providing more healthy foods for themselves and friends.
Especially with fresh produce now commanding high prices, it makes sense to help people to regain their bond with the earth, and with healthy eating.
It's a time when many things have come together.
Worry about the health of our imported foods and a sense of camaraderie have allowed the residents in the Denver area to welcome the input of the DUG overseers, who help in training the local people to grow more types of food on their own.
It's also a time for renewed appreciation of nature, as exemplified by Denver's 18-acre Plum Creek Gardens.
The less fortunate of the area are benefiting from the Denver Community Gardens, as well.
Many rows of fruits and vegetables have been planted with the goal of helping local families who cannot afford healthy produce.
In an average year, about 10,000 pounds of healthy, locally-grown foods are donated to the food bank in the area.
In one garden-related area, you'll find a kitchen, which is a wonderful learning place for children and their parents.
DUG volunteers teach them how to properly prepare the fresh produce they have just picked.
The garden dedicated to providing produce for the area is mainly supported by local donations, and this is becoming a more popular way of feeding the hungry all over the country.
Denver Community Gardens also grows flowering plants, which help to beautify the area, as well as the fruits and vegetables to keep more families healthy.
This project accounts for 80 gardens run by Denver Urban Gardens, also known as "DUG".
Residents are growing many worthwhile and necessary foods, all the while meeting some of their neighbors for the first time.
As the residents come together, they grow plants and their communities at the same time.
DUG works with the residents and provides them with skills for designing and building proper gardens, securing land that is suitable for gardens, using gardens as a place to learn how to eat healthy, supporting the maintenance of gardens, as well as their organization, outreach and leadership; and connecting gardens with local food projects.
DUG is currently operating over one hundred community gardens in the Metro Denver area.
Some are based in schools, and these help to teach young people the importance of healthy foods.
The organization also offers programs for residents, along with free seeds.
They give young people a chance they otherwise would not have, to learn about gardening and raising healthy foods.
Since 1985, DUG has been helping its member Denver Community Gardens by supporting residents as they plant gardens that create sustainable food sources.
Their education programs for the community have expanded, so that the gardens will continue to flourish.
The founders of DUG have discovered that their training has resulted in positive changes in the areas of food security and community health.
People who once purchased vegetables from local grocery stores are now becoming more involved in the gardening movement, and providing more healthy foods for themselves and friends.
Especially with fresh produce now commanding high prices, it makes sense to help people to regain their bond with the earth, and with healthy eating.
It's a time when many things have come together.
Worry about the health of our imported foods and a sense of camaraderie have allowed the residents in the Denver area to welcome the input of the DUG overseers, who help in training the local people to grow more types of food on their own.
It's also a time for renewed appreciation of nature, as exemplified by Denver's 18-acre Plum Creek Gardens.
The less fortunate of the area are benefiting from the Denver Community Gardens, as well.
Many rows of fruits and vegetables have been planted with the goal of helping local families who cannot afford healthy produce.
In an average year, about 10,000 pounds of healthy, locally-grown foods are donated to the food bank in the area.
In one garden-related area, you'll find a kitchen, which is a wonderful learning place for children and their parents.
DUG volunteers teach them how to properly prepare the fresh produce they have just picked.
The garden dedicated to providing produce for the area is mainly supported by local donations, and this is becoming a more popular way of feeding the hungry all over the country.
Denver Community Gardens also grows flowering plants, which help to beautify the area, as well as the fruits and vegetables to keep more families healthy.
