{"id":18052,"date":"2019-06-16T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?page_id=18052"},"modified":"2022-01-14T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:26:46","slug":"community-gardens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/community-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n“Dee’s enthusiasm is so infectious. The course really made me want to grow herbs and vegetables!”\u00a0 Mary Kinsella,\u00a0Herbs & Salad Workshop<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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What is a Community Garden?<\/h2>\n
Community Gardens are all about sharing, both the work and the harvest, and they can have very positive social, economic, environmental and community development benefits (Ohmer, L.M. 2009)<\/a>. They are gardens that are cultivated and tended by groups of people, can be rural or urban, school, institute or community run, and be full of fruit, vegetable or flowers. A community garden can be on land that is publicly or privately owned and they are popular across the world.<\/p>\n
Community Gardening in South-East Ireland<\/h2>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”18069″ img_size=”large” style=”vc_box_border_circle_2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dee Sewell has helped a diverse range of community gardens set up in the south-east of Ireland and she was one of the founding members of Community Gardens Ireland<\/a> in 2010.<\/p>\n
A national voluntary organisation that was established to support community gardening in Ireland and Northern Ireland, CG Ireland has over 120 member gardens mapped. With CG Ireland, Dee was one of two coordinators of the GROW Place Ireland project, a European Horizon 2020 citizen science project that was monitoring soil moisture for climate change scientists.<\/a> She is also a regular contributor to Global Green in Electric Picnic where Dee coordinates a pop up community garden each year.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Community Garden Workshops<\/h2>\n