These are pictures of our first attempt at a street garden. The idea of a street garden is to for it to be a tool to promote gardening in our neighborhood by being an example. Street gardens are supposed to be both decorative and food producing. They are established in areas that normally would be devoted to landscaping. I think we have done better on the food producing part than on the decorative part.
We plan to do more with this idea next year. We hope to put in at least one more garden this size. We may add a few flowers to make it more decorative. We plan to include more information; plant names, planting dates, type and amount of fertilizer (We hope to develop a fertilizer based largely on coffee grounds. We plan to give our local coffee shop a nod.), summary of the labor involved, and a way for people to contact us if they want more information.
I plan to talk to the neighbors down the street. They put in a street garden right after I did but they didn't keep it up. It is now over run with weeds. Maybe we can start a movement in our little corner of the world.
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