How Community Garden is Categorized

There are many ways to categorize a community garden, but here are a few possible categories:

1. Type of garden:

• Vegetable garden: focuses on growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs for consumption
• Flower garden: focuses on growing flowers for aesthetic purposes
• Native plant garden: focuses on growing plants that are native to the region for environmental and conservation reasons
• Herb garden: focuses on growing herbs for medicinal and culinary use
• Pollinator garden: focuses on growing plants that attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators to support local ecosystems

2. Gardening methods:

• Organic garden: avoids synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
• Permaculture garden: uses sustainable and regenerative farming practices to create a self-sustaining ecosystem
• Raised bed garden: plants are grown in raised beds or containers, often using soil that is different from the surrounding soil
• Hydroponic garden: plants are grown in a water-based nutrient solution without soil

3. Garden management:

• Allotment garden: individual plots are assigned to members who are responsible for their own plants
• Communal garden: everyone works together on the garden and shares the produce
• Educational garden: used as a teaching tool for students or community members to learn about gardening and sustainable practices

4. Community involvement:

• Open garden: welcomes all members of the community to participate in gardening activities
• School garden: located on school grounds and used as an educational tool for students
• Senior garden: specifically designed for elderly community members
• Immigrant garden: created for immigrant communities to grow culturally significant crops

5. Location:

• Urban garden: located in an urban area, often in vacant lots or on rooftops
• Suburban garden: located in a suburban area, often on public or private land
• Rural garden: located in a rural area, often on a farm or other agricultural land

6. Access and outreach:

• Accessible garden: designed to be accessible to people with disabilities
• Food bank garden: donates produce to local food banks or other charitable organizations
• Community-supported agriculture (CSA) garden: provides shares of the harvest to community members who pay in advance
• Volunteer garden: relies on volunteers to help with planting, weeding, and harvesting

7. Purpose and goals:

• Healing garden: used for therapeutic purposes, such as for people with mental health or physical health conditions
• Community-building garden: used as a space for community events, gatherings, and celebrations
• Climate adaptation garden: designed to help the community adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change
• Social justice garden: designed to address issues of social and environmental justice, such as by promoting food sovereignty, supporting local farmers, or addressing food deserts.