A year after ground was broken on three sites in North Carolina, the NC A&T Community Garden CYFAR Project staff took some time at a recent meeting to look at the partnerships that have formed at each of the three sites as a result of our work in the communities.
The mapping produced an explosion of color and lines on the poster board as partnerships were identified, drawn in, and connected to the community garden project like spokes on a bicycle wheel. Each garden had numerous connections that included everything from land owners who donated land, to county governments that subsidized water, to local schools and youth groups that will use the space, to Extension Agents and Master Gardener volunteers.
Many of the partnerships were win-win situations indicated by double headed arrows showing what the partner offered the community garden and in turn what the garden group could give back to that partner.
This partnership mapping idea came from the American Community Garden Association's Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening curriculum. In the future we plan to complete this exercise with the community gardeners at each site so they can explore for themselves their connection to the community and the potential for new partnerships to form.
The mapping produced an explosion of color and lines on the poster board as partnerships were identified, drawn in, and connected to the community garden project like spokes on a bicycle wheel. Each garden had numerous connections that included everything from land owners who donated land, to county governments that subsidized water, to local schools and youth groups that will use the space, to Extension Agents and Master Gardener volunteers.
Many of the partnerships were win-win situations indicated by double headed arrows showing what the partner offered the community garden and in turn what the garden group could give back to that partner.
This partnership mapping idea came from the American Community Garden Association's Growing Communities: How to Build Community Through Community Gardening curriculum. In the future we plan to complete this exercise with the community gardeners at each site so they can explore for themselves their connection to the community and the potential for new partnerships to form.
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this on your blog.
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