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Inch by inch, row by row, gonna make my . . . driveway grow?

August 27, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:
community, gardens, neighborhood, smartercities, smartgrowth

    Toronto's Franke James has a wildly entertaining and educational web site (actually, an extended post on her blog) detailing how she converted her driveway and front yard into a city garden.  These images are just a small sample of...continued

City gardens that respect the urban fabric

July 15, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:
agriculture, community, food, gardens, neighborhood, smartercities, smartgrowth, victory

          A couple of weeks ago, I voiced some reservations I have about proposals to revert large, mostly abandoned sections of inner cities to agriculture.  I clearly stepped on some sensitive toes with that post but, without rehashing the...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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