Free screening: A Community of Gardeners

httpv://youtu.be/dkosZ1Wq-Z0

If you ever thought of joining a community garden in the Twin Cities, I bet this documentary will convince you to next year!

Throughout Washington, D.C., people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are gardening side by side, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers in community gardens. Some are looking for basic sustenance, others for a way to remember their homelands, still others for a place to find a respite from their troubles. Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, A Community of Gardeners explores the vital role of seven urban community gardens as sources of fresh, nutritious food, outdoor classrooms, places of healing, links to immigrants’ native countries, centers of social interaction, and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods. The film also looks back on the history of community gardens in the United States, from the potato patch farms of the late 19th century, to the victory gardens of World War II, to community gardening’s current renaissance.

Thursday, September 20, 2012
7pm
Eastside Co-Op
2551 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis 55418
Free