In Our Town

About a year ago, one resident of Sarasota created a community herb garden in their front lawn to share freshly grown herbs with their neighbors. Anybody could walk up and sample the available herbs.


There are plenty of benefits to community gardens. Community gardening is a way for people to share fresh food with each other which can help strengthen a sense of community and increase personal ties between community members. The gardens provide an easy opportunity to meet neighbors.

Interestingly, without any neighborhood meetings, two other residents built community gardens on the same street as the resident with the herb garden. These are pictures of a vegetable garden and a salsa garden on Wisteria Street in Sarasota.