Network within a network

The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T is providing technical support for a network of community gardens across North Carolina this summer. Harvest is already in full swing at community gardens for which Drs. Ellen Smoak and Robert Williamson have provided assistance in Charlotte, Durham, Goldsboro, Salisbury, Whiteville, Winston-Salem and at the Cherokee Reservation. The SAES-assisted community garden closest to home is at the Guilford County Extension Center.

Community gardens receiving guidance and assistance from A&T Extension are also serving as demonstrations for new production methods (such as "grow bags") and an array of vegetables. Guided tours can be arranged by contacting Williamson at robertw@ncat.edu. There's an online tour of four of the A&T Extension community gardens at here.

The North Carolina community garden network is part of a national network coordinated by the Garden Mosiacs program headquartered at Cornell. Garden Mosaics has a rich Web site at http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/. It's a storehouse of information for educators interested in using a garden as a supplement for classroom science instruction. For anyone interested in establishing a community garden, the resource page at http://www.gardenmosaics.cornell.edu/pgs/links/mainlinks.htm is a great starting point. Smoak and Williamson were part of the team that put together the science pages and action projects, and they are members of the national team that is responsible for the design and development of the online curriculum.

Posted July 20, 2005 04:45 PM

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