Garden and Gathering Space Survey Garden and Gathering Space Survey Survey to determine feasibility and interest in the Community Garden by the community. Do you think a community garden/gathering space would be a valuable project to add to the Parkdale Community? Please select the statements below that you agree with.*Residents can grow healthy food with their friends and family.Residents can have access to garden growing space.Residents can make friends and share information with other gardeners.Residents can have access to a large scale compost facility.Residents can have access to greenhouse facility for plant starts and four-season gardening.Residents can benefit from workshops and community expertise on many gardening topics such as soil remediation, four-season greenhouse design and vermin-composting.Residents can learn about the establishment of a food forest.Residents can harvest from the food forest.Residents can learn food preservation approaches such as food drying and fermenting.Residents can have multi-use gathering spaces for informal gathering such as family picnics or more formal gathering space for events like family reunions, weddings and parties.Residents can have a safe, natural and peaceful place for children to play while they garden and socialize with friends.Residents can meet new neighbors and make connections that offer new opportunities in this different setting.Residents can participate in a year-round range of garden/gathering space activities such as scarecrow contests and ice sculpture installations.Many community partnerships can be based in this site – school groups garden and learn, seniors have walking tracks through the garden, theatre groups offer outdoor events, workshops are offered on many topics.Residents would have the opportunity to cook outdoors on installed barbecues.Residents would have the use of a roofed pavilion that offered shelter and seating for 4 season activities.Residents would have the opportunity to share the use of a community wood-fired bake oven located in a pavilion.Resident gardeners would have access to harvested water from the building roof to use in the garden instead of city water (technology would be city approved).Residents would enjoy many art installations throughout the garden including a tile mural, ceramic art installed throughout the site.Residents would enjoy the changing sculpture installations hosted by the sculpture garden in the food forest.An outdoor gathering space with built-in seating could offer a venue for many activities including drama, music and other performances as well as educational offerings.Please add any additional thoughts about benefits or concerns below.NameFirstLastPlease enter your email and name to learn more and get involved in the Community Garden and Gathering Space initiative.Email Leave a Reply Cancel reply
