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LIFEBOAT GARDEN
 
 
In the spring of 2007, we started a "Lifeboat Garden" at 608 Whitney Avenue on the property of the First Unitarian Universalist Society. (The FUUS congregation has been very generous in hosting the garden and allowing us to expand it since that time.)  You may have seen the sign when passing by. 
 
In 2008 the garden was expanded and now looks like this:
 
 
 
The purpose of the project is to raise awareness about the Bioregional Group and the idea of "Food, Not Lawns."  If you would like to join the Garden Committee, or to know more about the Lifeboat Garden Project, please contact us. 
 
 
         
 
Recent articles on the significance of gardening:

* Why Bother by Michael Pollan -- Looking for a few good reasons to go Green. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/magazine/20wwln-lede-t.html?th&emc=th

* Keeping Fed by Demitri Orlov -- This article on how the Russians ( and others in the Soviet Union) kept eating through economic collapse is very inspiring and relevant. http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2008/04/keeping-fed.html
 
 
 
NEW!!! Articles on the burgeoning urban garden movement:
(apologies if some of the links are inactive)
 
 

 
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