{"id":508,"date":"2012-03-27T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T14:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2019-03-16T10:14:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T10:14:37","slug":"community-gardens-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/community-gardens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenside Up Community Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7946&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>What are community gardens?<\/h2>\n<p>Community Gardens are all about sharing \u2013 both the work and the harvest and they can have very positive social, economic and environmental impacts in communities.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Sewell\u00a0has\u00a0<a title=\"Greenside Up Community Garden Portfolio\" href=\"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/community-gardens-2\/community-garden-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">helped several community gardens set up over the past few years<\/a>\u00a0and was one of the founding members of <a href=\"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/community-garden-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Gardens Ireland<\/a>, a national voluntary organisation that was established to support communty gardening in Ireland and Northern Ireland.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; 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