Two charitable groups in Charlotte that harness the power of volunteer labor and borrowed land in order to feed the needy are making the leap from gardening to farming. Read more at PlanCharlotte.org, the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s newest website. -Amber Veverka
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Friendship Gardens, Sow Much Good growing fast
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Friendship Gardens, garden, PlanCharlotte.org, Sow Much Good, uirban farm, Urban Institute on June 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Piedmont prairies: Postcards from the days of buffalo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Piedmont prairies, PlanCharlotte, rare flowers, Urban Institute on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A manicured subdivision trimmed in crape myrtles and pansies lies just yards away from this field a scrap of land where elk and bison once grazed and where a few rare flowers from those times still bloom. Read about these ghost prairies of the Carolinas Piedmont — and find out where you can visit them [...]
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