Having an opportunity to participate in a community garden builds a sense of community like nothing else. It provides opportunities for exercise, education, therapy, relaxation and social interaction, along with preserving green space and conserving resources. By looking at several prime examples of community gardens in action, this episode demonstrates how the benefits of a neighborhood garden can reach far beyond the garden gates, bringing people closer to the earth and to each other.
In the kitchen, Chef Nathan uses kale fresh from the garden to create a ribollita, also known as a Tuscan vegetable and bread soup.
About Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l is the Host and Executive Producer of the award winning PBS television series Growing A Greener World. Off camera, Joe dedicates his time to promoting sustainability through his popular books, blog, podcast series, and nationally syndicated newspaper columns. Follow Joe on Twitter
I missed the first part of this episode (711), and I wonder what city that community garden is in… Looks like Marin County!
Love your show.. Joe, you are my hero!
Thanks : )
The garden featured in the beginning of the show was in Alpharetta, GA. The Interbay P-Patch garden was also featured in Seattle. Thanks for your positive feedback!
Just watched your segment on growing tomatoes. I am wondering how you made the garden boxes. Looked like 3 4×4 like r 6×6. Is there a way to receive the instructions on how to build them?
Thank you
Char, Here is a link for instructions on how to build the garden boxes Joe uses.https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/GGW_Raised-Bed-Instructions.pdf For more information, I highly recommend that you check out his
3 part podcast series on gardening with raised beds on the joegardener site. Part 3 will be live tomorrow. https://joegardener.com/podcast/raised-bed-gardening-pt-1/
This episode of GGW – Building a Garden will also answer your questions.
https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/raised-bed-garden/
Happy gardening!
To all concerned, I caught the Kale soup segment and would like to obtain a hard copy to make this dish at home. Will someone make available to print?
Keep up the great work
Thanks a bunch
Mark,
Here is a link for the soup recipe. All the recipes are on our website.
https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/tuscan-vegetable-soup-recipe/
Enjoy!
interested in receipe of soup from show 711 please
Margie,
Here is a link for different recipes that have been featured on GGWTV including the recipe for Ribollita soup. Enjoy! https://www.growingagreenerworld.com/easy-recipes/soup-salad-recipes/
Joe I love your show! I recently discovered that the church I attend is interested in using the land adjacent to the church for raised bed gardening and in turn bringing food to the table for the local community and to support a local food bank.
The space is wide open with sun and is very large. Probably an acre or more. Funds are not abundant however people to do the work are.
We’re in Portland Oregon where things grow very well due to the rain. My question is where do we look for help with planning the best layout?
This show is from November 2016, but all the information I can find shows that the American Community Garden Association is in Georgia and not Ohio.