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In moving towards Gardenworld, that combination of growing food and growing people in the same place, it’s good to have some intermediate goals in mind. The first is that with every move, you think, in terms of the aesthetics of the placement of things: patterns. Jim Channon on the big island in Hawaii had a garden where everything was planted in circles.
The next things are to think very practically about the need for seeds, water, soil, quality, and gardening tools. We want to leave the tractors alone as much as we can Gardenworld is the return to the old practice of having a closed Garden next to the town City Hall or a large estate.
Think of the garden as a place for children to play older people to relax, and pets amuse us.
But don’t forget, what may be the most difficult part which is access to the land, land-use, ownership, good to have community discussions.
And beware that much land either drains too quickly or not at all and it’s either too low or too high.