Community gardens play a few roles within a neighborhood or community. One of them is it brings the people in the community closer together. A community garden is usually a small parcel of land that is built by the community so people can grow their own vegetables if they don't have enough space in their back yard. It provides communication and relationship building opportunities between one another. Some people may ask for help from each other which will build relationships, and others may become social friends, planning on times to go to the garden each day to talk and tend to their plants.
Another role that a community garden plays is that it conserves a small green space in the area. The garden provides a view of where our food comes from, some people who are city dwellers are oblivious and think that vegetables and food just appear in the grocery store. Being able for someone to go through the process of watching plants grow and creating their own food might foster a new idea or opinion about nature and what goes on around them.
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