or maybe called community gardens. But in UK they are very common in every town and city, they are specifically divided up into small plots where an individual can do what they want with it, i.e they can grow flowers, grass and have chairs to sit in and enjoy an afternoon in the sunshine, or more usually, the tenant will grow veg and fruit.
In UK they are so popular, they are nearly always “sold out” and you have to go on a waiting list.
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Nope. Not around here.
Some cities have them, we usually do call them community gardens. It is not common though.
In Seattle they’re called P-Patch
Ours is operated by the city parks department. There is an annual fee (that can be sliding scale with your income). And there is a community service requirement. 16 hrs per year of working on P-Patch upkeep or in our food bank garden. Or you can donate your personal space grown food to the food bank for volunteering hours.
There was one in our neighborhood when we lived in Atlanta. They’re called community gardens. But they’re not super common.
I’ve seen them in a few places. They aren’t common but they do exist. It’s a lot more common here for people to have homes on large enough plots of land to just do their gardening in their yard. For example, I’ve got a 10’x20′ garden plot in addition to various pots, trees, and bushes in my yard.
They’re a thing in some cities, typically used for growing vegetables. I never had one.
Really common in urban areas, though even in urban neighborhoods a lot of homeowners will do their gardening on their own land. In window sills , pots out on the patio, etc
Not in the plains. I could just grow stuff in my yard though.
A lot of places have community gardens. You can rent a spot and garden in it. Sometimes they have shared tools.
They aren’t super common as a lot of people with houses have enough space on their property to garden.
community gardens are very common. but usually they’re collectively operated by a group of volunteers.
Some community gardens do also rent out allotments to individuals, but it’s less common.
We have community plots in the suburb of Chicago where I live. They are 20×30 feet and owned by the park & rec department. The “farm” as it’s called, is probably 75% full. It’s not surprising given that most homes sit on .20 acre up to full acre lots and gardeners (like me) with their own houses have space to plant right at home.
They’re called community gardens, they’re fairly common in some areas.
Boston has them! The Fenway Garden Society. I hear them refered to as Victory Gardens, left over from the Second World War but I’m not sure how common that is.
They exist but are not a widespread thing most people would be familiar with.
Wasn’t this just posted like a few days ago?
Not like in Europe, where the individual plots are like private backyards, often even with a small cottage. More like a desginated space in a community garden.
Yes, we do in my city. We call them community gardens.
Community gardens, very common. But for much of the US people will have enough property of their own to make them redundant
Yep, community gardens are for sure a thing here. “Allotments” smacks too much of serfdom and (even worse for us) slavery. You can have individual plots, educational gardens, or community resource gardens attached to food pantries.
In larger towns and cities you can find community gardens that serve the same purpose, but I’m not sure personally of their popularity.
They had them in Chicago.
I have a big yard.
We have community gardens in some urban areas. They’re a good option for people in apartments who still want to plant and tend a garden. Many of us have large enough yards that we just grow our fruits, vegetables, and flowers right next to our houses.
We usually have an entire yard to ourselves.
We have one. But many people live in houses with front and back yards where they can garden.
I grew up out in the woods in Florida. We had a massive garden where we grew everything imaginable. We gave produce to all of our friends and family. If you don’t live in a big city this is not a problem. The US is vast. Most of the US is not in a big city.