Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
In Australia there is the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens
network (
http://communitygarden.org.au
)
.
'The Kitchen Garden Foundation'
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developed by Stephanie Alexander,
a celebrity chef in Australia, has proved to be highly successful in getting
schools engaged in fruit and vegetable gardening. This initially started in the
State of Victoria schools, but has now gone nationwide.
To find out how to develop community gardens we recommend
Local
Food, How to Make it Happen in Your Community
.
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In this topic the authors
introduce the seven principles required to set up a successful Local Food
Movement. Their seven principles are the following.
1.
A group with positive vision.
2.
The garden should help people access good information and assistance.
3.
Include all local people and have openness.
4.
Enable sharing and networking.
5.
Build resilience.
6.
It is a safe place for sharing.
7.
The garden is organized and decision making is taken at the appropriate
levels.
Open Kitchen Gardens
In Richard Benfield's book
Garden Tourism
,
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he states that garden visits are
an increasingly popular tourist activity with more Americans today going
on garden visits than to the Disney vacation spots and Las Vegas. Private
gardens open to the public around the world are often in the Open Garden
Scheme of participating countries. Culinary tourists should look out for
Open Kitchen Gardens, these are private gardens open at selected times to
the public that are dedicated to food production.
The top kitchen gardens to visit in the world
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include:
1.
Patrenella's, Houston, Texas.
2.
Chez Painisse, Berkley, California.
3.
Filk, Warsaw, Poland.
4.
De Kas, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
5.
L'atellier de Jean-Luc Rabanel, Arles, France.
6.
Chateau de la Bourdaisiere, Loire Valley, France.
7.
Tangerine Dream Cafe, London.
8.
Petersham Nurseries, London.
9.
Longueville House, Mallow, Ireland.
10.
Silvertree, Cape Town, South Africa.
The ultimate food garden for many people to visit is the Victorian-style
walled garden. The walled garden was traditionally part of a large country estate.
