Legacy Garden will bring agriculture back into heart of capital

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Abstract

Salute to Agriculture [special supplement] Adam MacLean, garden manager for the PEI Farm Centre Association provides historical background on the experimental farm property and outlines the ongoing transformation of part of this parcel into a Legacy Garden. Working in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the new Legacy Garden will reflect an emerging North American community trend towards "urban agriculture". The project seeks to "...blur the line between backyard gardens and market gardeners," and it hopes to attract long-time residents, seniors, and recent immigrants to participation in community gardening. The experimental farm has been a community green space in Charlottetown for over a century. The Legacy Garden project, which received funding from the PEI 2014 Fund, also plans to develop an orchard that will include apple, pear, plum and apricot trees, and some berries. The PEI Farm Centre Association has hired Stephanie Dewar as a staff urban gardener, and she will be developing some demonstration plots. The Culinary Institute at Holland College plans to offer seminars in cooking with local foods.

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2014-04-16

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1

Title	Legacy Garden will bring agriculture back into heart of capital
Authors	A. Walker
Abstract	Salute to Agriculture [special supplement] Adam MacLean, garden manager for the PEI Farm Centre Association provides historical background on the experimental farm property and outlines the ongoing transformation of part of this parcel into a Legacy Garden. Working in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the new Legacy Garden will reflect an emerging North American community trend towards "urban agriculture". The project seeks to "...blur the line between backyard gardens and market gardeners," and it hopes to attract long-time residents, seniors, and recent immigrants to participation in community gardening. The experimental farm has been a community green space in Charlottetown for over a century. The Legacy Garden project, which received funding from the PEI 2014 Fund, also plans to develop an orchard that will include apple, pear, plum and apricot trees, and some berries. The PEI Farm Centre Association has hired Stephanie Dewar as a staff urban gardener, and she will be developing some demonstration plots. The Culinary Institute at Holland College plans to offer seminars in cooking with local foods.
Journal	Island farmer
Date	2014-04-16
Volume	41
Issue	1
ISSN	0823-7735