Community gardens do grow more than vegetables, according to Judy Sherburne. They also foster connections among gardeners allowing interpersonal relationships to blossom.<\/p>\n
That’s why Sherburne, a Juneau resident, has been working diligently over the last two years to bring a garden to Juneau’s Thane neighborhood as a way of strengthening her community.<\/p>\n
“As we’ve made progress here over the last couple of years, I’ve come to discover the value of community gardening,” Sherburne said. “There’s real value in having a garden that people from the surrounding neighborhood can use as a place of coming together, a focal point, gathering and learning from each other, people who know how to garden teaching people who don’t know how to garden, and just sharing day-to-day gardening stuff, so it becomes a community focal point.”<\/p>\n
With two community gardens already existing in the Juneau area, Sherburne said the Thane Community Garden, which will be located on the left hand side of the road just after crossing the bridge over Sheep Creek, is intended for people living closer to the downtown area and further away from the larger, more well-known Juneau Community Garden located in the Mendenhall Valley.<\/p>\n