Showerthought: I saw a community garden plot in Denver that was just rows of perfect green grass.

It was in a public park, and the sign clearly said 'vegetable plots for rent'. The whole thing was mowed and edged like a lawn, not a single plant in sight. Has anyone else seen a garden space that's just sitting empty like that?

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jordan9034d ago

My old apartment complex in Phoenix had a similar setup. They built these raised beds for a tenant garden, but the HOA rules were so strict nobody ever used them. You needed approval for each plant type and had to follow a color scheme. It was just eight empty boxes of dirt for three years straight.

the_wyatt4d ago

Totally get what you mean, @jordan903. My last place had a "community herb garden" that was just sad. The rules said you could only grow things from a pre-approved list of like three basic herbs, and they had to be in specific plastic pots they sold you for ten bucks each. I mean, who wants to pay to grow someone else's parsley? It just sat there with a couple of dead mint plants forever.

ivan_mason3d ago

Honestly, why do places even bother with stuff like this? It feels like they just want to look good for a brochure photo but don't actually want people to use things. Tbh I see it everywhere, not just gardens. They make these little shared spaces with so many rules that it kills the whole point. It's like they're scared of anything real or messy happening. So you just end up with empty dirt or dead plants that make the whole place look worse anyway.