There are many variations on the Community Gardening theme. Some places it's the city who provides public space and water for a club or association to organize plots or allotments to local citizens. Other places it's citizens who get organized and use a vacant lot, or their own back yards.

Another variation on a community garden is to share someone's back or front yard as the gardening site for several families. This works very well in other cities.

The 2007 season has started, and we have not yet found the resources to get a gardening project started. Maybe next year, or over the winter we can discuss more.

For excellent information on urban farming, community farming, local food production, see these websites:
www.cityfarmer.org (Vancouver)
www.foodshare.org (Toronto)
www.yourbackyardfarmer.com/ (Portland)
www.oklahomafood.coop/ (yup, Oklahoma city, not gardening per se but excellent example of how to increase local food security)
www.organicconsumers.org/
www.environmenthamilton.org/eatlocal/directory/
www.torontoplus.ca/feature/gardening/68/community.jsp
www.foodlink-waterlooregion.ca/index.php?first=3ef29e4ebf789
www.communitygarden.org/ (American Community Gardening Association homepage)