The Placemaking Round-Up
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
The Biweekly Bazaar
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.
This place is a significant source of food for elderly and homebound citizens in Huntsville.
This a true community garden planted and maintained by volunteers. This garden's harvest is distributed freely to the elderly and homebound of Madison County, Alabama. It is the most community-oriented community garden of its type in the U.S. In 2001, this 1/3 acre garden harvested over 19,000 pounds of vegetables, helping feed over 7,500 of our community's senior citizens.
We are in the process of moving to a new location at 4700 block of the Bob Wallace Ave, Huntsville, Alabama.
Yes, we have scarecrows and a beautiful garden.
Although this is a functional, working garden operation, we do have visitors from time to time.
Volunteers usually meet other individuals wishing to help others. We do have a lot of social interaction.
The garden operates under the auspices of CASA (Care Assurance System for the Aging and Homebound), a non-profit, 501 c(3) organization. The garden projects involves many different volunteers throughout our community.
*Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.
