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LA Community Gardens



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1. Find land for the garden
2. Find out who owns the land
3. Find out if the proposed site has water
4. Contact the land owner
5. Get your soil tested
6. Sign a lease with waived liability
7. Obtain liability insurance
8. Plan the garden
9. Create a garden budget
10. Find materials and money
11. Install garden infrastructure
12. Clean up the site; weed
13. Install the irrigation system
14. Plant something
15. Celebrate!
(16. Expand and troubleshoot as the garden develops)

FILM The Garden



Synopsis: The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. Uh oh.

A few people have recommended this to me, but I've been warned it's depressing.

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