Now that Spring is here, it is nice to see people's gardens starting to sprout in the city. In my neighborhood, there are several gardens that take up one to three house lots and are managed by members of the community. I think keeping urban gardens is a good idea for cities with vacant lots or other abandoned lands. Vacant lots always seem to accumulate litter and make the neighborhood look terrible. Once someone’s own neighborhood looks terrible, it is hard to keep a sense of pride for where you are from and people stop caring about their community.
Gardens keep people in touch with their environment through several of senses. They get to feel the earth, taste what they grow, smell the flowers...
A problem on the minds of many parents in my community is finding jobs for their teenage sons and daughters for over the summer to keep them out of trouble. If Philadelphia keeps moving forward with their mission to expand Fairmount Park, it seems like it would be a good idea to add local gardens to each neighborhood and employ the local youth to take care of the crops.
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