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Park Place Community Garden:  The Value of a Community Garden

6/29/2018

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If you have followed our non profit over the past couple of months, you know that we are in Phase I of our Community Garden Project in Park Place (Hampton, VA). There are some obvious benefits of having a community garden, but there might be some you don't readily think about.

We would like to share the following benefits with you (courtesy of Greenleaf Communities):
  • Increase access to fresh foods
  • Improve food security
  • Increase physical activity through garden maintenance activities
  • Improve dietary habits through education
  • Increase fruit and vegetable intake
  • Reduce risk of obesity and obesity-related diseases
  • Improve mental health and promote relaxation
  • Gardens in urban areas are positively correlated with decreased crime rates
  • Vacant lands can lead to crime which can detrimentally impact the health of residents
  • Residents in areas with high crime rates may experience cardiovascular disease and mental health disorders
  • Gardens can improve economic opportunities by training volunteers and selling food at farmers’ markets

We can't think of a better place for us to launch our first community garden that the food desert of Park Place in Hampton, VA. We invite you and your family to help us make a difference and even consider purchasing your own plot (see below).

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