GREEN MAP
Urban Agriculture
Conclusions
The Riverview Community Garden is an example of both the current rising popularity of urban agriculture and the strength displayed by a community in maintaining a site’s history. The land settled as agriculture almost 200 years ago has evolved into a source of local pride and a window into the past. Fortunately, its current location in the well established Churchill Drive Park allows a sense of security for its future. Its particular stories of history, programs and practices are presumably as typical and unique as those of any other community garden. This is the potential of urban agriculture, to gather communities with a common activity, creating a network of shared interest across an entire country while each expressing its own character. Whether the gardens are established out of economic need or social desire, in derelict urban sites or protected parks the value is the same: a reconnection with the broader landscape at a scale and level of involvement seemingly lost on the modern family farm. A point of discussion might be how to promote the role of the network without losing each ‘society’s’ character or contribution. With a successful network established, perhaps an awareness and demand could grow strong enough to see the community garden appearing in new development planning.