Mill Farm Community Gardens is located at 1 Old Mill Road in Lee, New Hampshire. Our garden can accommodate a community of 6 Gardeners united less than a mile from the Lee Traffic Circle, on route 4.
Newly Founded, in the spring of 2013, Mill Farm Community Gardens is in its infancy. All Mill Farm Community Gardeners are dedicated to growing organic produce on this 4,400 square foot plot of rich-soil land that has laid dormant for over 40 years.
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN?
Newly Founded, in the spring of 2013, Mill Farm Community Gardens is in its infancy. All Mill Farm Community Gardeners are dedicated to growing organic produce on this 4,400 square foot plot of rich-soil land that has laid dormant for over 40 years.
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN?
A Community Garden means many things to many people. For some, a community garden is a place to grow food, flowers and herbs in the company of friends and neighbors. For others, it's a place to reconnect with nature or get physical exercise. Some use community gardens because they lack adequate space at their house or apartment to have a garden. Others take part in community gardening to build or revitalize a sense of community among neighbors.
Community gardens also take many shapes and forms. Community gardens reflect the needs and the desires of people directly involved in their management and upkeep; a 25-by-25-foot garden can supply a local food pantry with fresh produce, or a Community Garden can be a vacant city lot divided into plots and gardened by neighbors. As such, there are many, many ways to organize and manage a community garden.
Regardless of why people choose to take part in a community garden or how a garden is organized, the activity of gardening with others can be both rewarding and challenging!
Community gardens also take many shapes and forms. Community gardens reflect the needs and the desires of people directly involved in their management and upkeep; a 25-by-25-foot garden can supply a local food pantry with fresh produce, or a Community Garden can be a vacant city lot divided into plots and gardened by neighbors. As such, there are many, many ways to organize and manage a community garden.
Regardless of why people choose to take part in a community garden or how a garden is organized, the activity of gardening with others can be both rewarding and challenging!
WHY COMMUNITY GARDENS?
Community Gardens provide access to healthy landscapes, enhance our connections to outdoor environments, create strong social networks, and increase self-sufficiency and local food security, as well as increasing a “wellness of being!”
Gardening provides an affordable, nutritious food source and cuts across social, economic, and racial barriers to bring together people of all ages and backgrounds.
Gardening provides an affordable, nutritious food source and cuts across social, economic, and racial barriers to bring together people of all ages and backgrounds.