by Urban Landscapes Admin | Aug 18, 2022 | Gardening, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability
My last blog post, A Call for Contemporary Victory Gardens, gave a very brief history of Victory Gardens. As you read, victory gardens were an effective tool in fighting off the food shortage crisis during World War II. Propagandized as an act of patriotism, they...
by John W. Olson | May 2, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
I have revised the plans again for the Spring Creek Community Garden. We turned the garden plots 90 degrees and opened up some of the “aisles” more to allow for larger equipment to come through if need be. Prior post about the Spring Creek Community...
by John W. Olson | Apr 29, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
The Spring Creek Community Garden continues to progress. We hope to start ripping the soil in the coming days and begin building garden plots in one week. Starting a community garden can be a difficult task to take on. However, the rewards of creating community and...
by John W. Olson | Apr 3, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
This is a birdseye view of the community garden and the proposed location. The center rectangle is for a future structure to hold necessary tools and possibly some benches.
