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Group-Gardening is All the Rage

By Laura Rich ⋅ 1:19 pm March 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

garden flower 150If you pick up one new activity this year, we are betting it will be gardening (if you aren’t doing it already). Thanks to a confluence of DIY fads, a need to grow-your-own, and the White House’s own initiative in this area, gardening seems to be taking on an elevated status in the Recession.

But you don’t have to do it alone! Even the White House isn’t: students from Bancroft Elementary School will get involved; the Obamas are expected to display their green thumbs.

Over the weekend, WiseBread dug into (excuse the pun) the White House way of gardening in a group, noting, “That sort of combined effort can be exactly what it takes to create a gardening success.” The key is communication and good planning. Thursday Bram, who has co-gardened herself, lays out a few tips from her own experiences, such as thinking about what you actually want to grow (in case none of you actually likes eggplant despite your abundance of seeds) and fairly divvying up the work and expenses.

Thursday, a “frugal freelancer,” has more great tips here.

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  1. [...] Recessionwire is a user’s guide to the recession, a pop-up site featuring recession news, cultural analysis, work advice and spending tips. Continued here: How to Start a Group Garden | Recessionwire [...]

    Posted by How to Start a Group Garden | Recessionwire | Your Trax | March 26, 2009, 12:04 am

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