Art Farm Community Garden - Castlegar, British Columbia
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Art Farm is located at 214 11th Avenue next to the Hospital Auxiliary Treasure Shop.
Waymark Code: WMHC1D
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/22/2013
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This is a nice addition to Castlegar's art and culture district. The Art Farm is home to several outstanding sculptures, murals and a community garden. Once in ruin, this plot of land was transformed into a functioning community garden.
"Castlegar's Downtown Art Farm brings art and gardening together
The lot was formerly overgrown and strewn with garbage and construction debris, so the original concept of the Downtown Art Farm project was to clean up the area and create a productive community garden space that's open to the public.
"The goal of the garden is to bring together citizens interested in growing edibles, flowers, and herbs to not only beautify our downtown area and create additional green space, but to increase local food security and knowledge," said Starrat. "We had seven gardeners participating last year, and we have nine this year. It's been really nice to have the community involved."
For the garden space, volunteer gardeners are invited to take a garden plot for the growing season, and are asked to donate some of their fresh produce to the local Community Harvest Food Bank.
"There's lots of interest from the public," said Starrat. "There's definitely a need for it. A lot of people have a home or apartment but don't have the space for a garden. We want to be able to provide that. And we want to promote local food production."
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