随着时间的流逝，在美国的种植和食用食物的变化急剧变化，从个人花园开始到当今超级超市。由于城市环境的性质，经济崩溃以及渴望回到我们的根源，社区花园在纽约，达拉斯和洛杉矶等全国各地的大城市中涌现出来，以及越来越多的芝加哥。无论是通过提高财产价值还是为有需要的人提供餐点，社区花园都会继续对周围的房屋和社区产生积极影响。
什么是社区花园？
什么是社区花园？社区花园是由社区成员和志愿者倾向于种植水果，蔬菜和/或绿色植物的土地。许多花园为社区成员提供几乎无需花费的食物，尤其是那些来自低收入背景或需要的食物。一些花园与当地企业合作，提供食物和教育机会。它们是创造志愿者和领导机会的一种方便而有趣的方式，它们有助于鼓励邻居到邻居的话语。
Why Community Gardens?
无论是美化社区还是消除粮食不安全感，社区花园通常都出于必要而蓬勃发展。社区花园是针对许多现代食品问题的简单且经济上的解决方案，例如超市价格上涨，粮食来源意识和城市环境中的食物沙漠。
食品沙漠的解决方案
In September of 2017, new legislation passed requiring the state of Illinois to track food deserts. A food desert is classified by the City of Chicago as an area located more than a mile from a food establishment larger than 10,000 feet. Chicago is home to over 240 grocery stores; unfortunately, these are not evenly distributed, leaving many of our neighborhoods without easy access to food, let alone healthy choices. A recent study found more than 500,000 Chicago residents live in food deserts.
通过在这些地区开发公共花园，居民可以以负担得起的价格或无需支付健康食品选择。
营养寄托和改善健康
While the price of fresh fruits and vegetables continues to rise, incomes aren’t necessarily keeping pace. Because of this, families are often forced to make food choices that align with their budgets: processed, high in calories and overloaded with sugar and sodium.
出现在食品沙漠中的花园使社区成员获得健康的选择和营养教育。研究表明，与不参与园艺的社区园丁平均食用更多的水果和蔬菜。超过56％的社区园丁符合国家水果和蔬菜的建议，而非园丁则为25％。
Clean, Sustainable Food Source
Clean, Sustainable Food Source根据明尼苏达州的绿色事务社区花园的说法，食品平均从农场到叉子上的1300英里。在当地生产食品可减少温室气体排放和化石燃料的使用。植物通过恢复空气中的氧气，有助于减少污染并改善整体空气质量，使城市更加绿色。花园吸收雨水以减少土壤侵蚀和径流，从而减少城市的洪水。
为了能够在源头和商店之间进行长途跋涉，通常会修饰或喷洒农药，以便在到达时新鲜。作为一个社会，我们继续更加意识到我们的食物来源及其中的食物。在当地的成长使社区成员可以准确了解其食物的生产位置，直到种植的种子类型并倾向于它。
有影响力的教育
Community gardens offer education to residents of all ages about food, its source, nutrition and community building. Gardens often pair up with local schools or organizations to educate kids about fruits and vegetables, learn new gardening skills and take produce home to their families. This, in turn, helps entire families improve their health and knowledge of food.
增加财产价值
购房者不仅想购买房屋；他们想找到自己的社区。公共花园通过提供新的有趣的机会，例如志愿服务，邻里纽带，新鲜食物和整体更美丽的景观来为社区带来生活。
研究发现，社区花园不仅可以改善社区成员的健康，而且还提高了周围物业的价值。一项对纽约花园的研究发现，一个社区花园的一个社区在园艺开业的五年内将其财产价值提高了9.4％。
随着社区花园出现在芝加哥的更多社区中，买家可能会更吸引他们。指出社区的关键特征时，不要忘记提及周围的花园及其提供的机会。而且，不仅仅是为社区花园提供机会的空白 - 屋顶农业正成为高密度城市社区越来越受欢迎的商品。
增加的物业价值还可以使城市税在低收入地区更好地分配，并为社区花园等绿色空间提供更多资金。
房地产经纪人如何参与？
房地产经纪人如何参与？As a REALTOR®, you have a unique advantage in that you see tons of properties in a variety of neighborhoods around the city. Every community has a variety of public spaces, mostly recognized as parks, streets and plazas. But, public spaces such as alleys, neglected courtyards, stairways and land awaiting redevelopment could be the city’s most underutilized and potentially valuable assets. Improving deteriorated or underutilized spaces will increase their usage and usefulness – which in turn, can strengthen and enrich a community. You can help by identifying spaces and their potential for the benefit of entire communities.
社区花园有潜力美化空缺，增加当地食品供应并增强城市环境。除了为公民提供娱乐和社交空间外，它们还增加了社区中新鲜，健康农产品的可用性。
Next time you’re in between showings, check out the green space. Identify empty lots, or sites ripe for development. You can also work with developers to see if there’s space for community gardens in their planned developments. Many tenants and buyers see community gardens as a plus – the addition of green space plus the ability to grow one’s food aligns naturally with rooftop decks and grills, as well as communal kitchens.
But it’s not just rooftop and backyards; community gardens can work into the landscape of a variety of neighborhoods. Neighborhoods that have experienced blight or are in the midst of food deserts are excellent examples of how a community garden can transform a community. Blighted lots, cleaned up and given the structure of a community garden, can lead to rejuvenation of the neighborhood, as well as increased development interest and property values.
社区中被忽视或空置的空间有可能永久甚至暂时地转变为社区花园，这对您的客户，社区和经纪人的服务工作是一种好处。
彼得森花园项目
彼得森花园项目是由拉曼达·乔伊（Lamanda Joy）建立的，基于这样的信念，即在花园和厨房中一起学习将新鲜，营养丰富的食物放在桌子上，建立更牢固的社区，增强文化遗产，改善公共卫生并创造一个更具可持续性，富有韧性的城市。
彼得森花园项目完成任务的方式是多重的。他们在整个城市建立了弹出式胜利花园，以教导城市环境中的人们可以种植自己的食物。这些花园不再是安装永久绿色空间和长期花园，而是关于培养长期园丁的更多信息。他们的Grow2Give和粮食安全计划教每个人种植和烹饪自己的有机食物，消除食物起源，可用性和安全背后的奥秘。而且，PGP的社区烹饪学校呼吁各种文化的家庭厨师领导有关民族烹饪的课程和讲习班，并探讨食物在各种文化中的作用。
车。双百年社区花园
今天,许多社区花园已经扎根in neighborhoods around city, with more developing every year. Watching greenery, fresh fruits and vegetables pop up in our backyards is exciting, and knowing many gardens are partnering with local food pantries and shelters to help our fellow Chicagoans makes them even more necessary.
With all the benefits that community gardens bring, we decided to celebrate Illinois’ 200Thbirthday by partnering with the Peterson Garden Project to revamp and improve one of their existing community gardens. TheC.AR. Bicentennial Gardenwill feature seeds typical to our states founding, and the food will be donated to community members and organizations in need. We hosted a volunteer day in the fall; look for more opportunities to get involved in the spring!
资源
纳尔房地产经纪技术中心（CRT实验室）您已经开发了一些您可以利用的资源，包括食品沙漠和地区社区花园的地图。他们友善地为我们的会员提供了这些。
如果找不到可以加入社区的花园，则可以开始一个。彼得森花园项目主任拉曼达·乔伊（Lamanda Joy）出版了一本关于该主题的书：开始社区食品花园：基本手册。如果您或您的客户对园艺有些熟悉，但想加入社区花园，Fearless Food Gardening in Chicagoland，彼得森花园项目（Peterson Garden Project）是指导您努力的绝佳资源。
这芝加哥公园区还拥有大量资源，包括准则，请愿，申请和责任豁免。
