{"id":14216,"date":"2012-02-22T09:35:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=14216"},"modified":"2012-02-22T09:35:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T15:35:04","slug":"how-a-garden-builds-real-community-edible-bus-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-a-garden-builds-real-community-edible-bus-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Garden Builds Real Community: Edible Bus Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edible-bus-stop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edible-bus-stop.jpg\" alt=\"edible bus stop a community garden in london uk\" title=\"edible bus stop\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edible-bus-stop.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/edible-bus-stop-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The phrase &#8220;community garden&#8221; is pretty common, and the practice of community gardening has taken off in recent years. But can gardening really build a sense of community? According to the folks that created London&#8217;s Edible Bus Stop, the answer is a resounding &#8220;yes.&#8221; Beth Buczynski at <a href=\"http:\/\/insteading.com\">Insteading<\/a> found this one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Edible Bus Stop\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/36341895?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuEmbedCode\"><!--rpuEmbedStart--><script src=\"http:\/\/1.rp-api.com\/rjs\/repost-article.js?2\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepost-c94aa7f631ce67a011e66dd407f7a346-top rpuJump-undefined\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/15LLH\" class=\"rpuTitle\">Edible Bus Stop: The Community That Gardens Together, Stays Together<\/a> (via <a href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/15LLH\" class=\"rpuHost\">Insteading<\/a>)<\/div>\n<p><!-- put the \"tease\", \"jump\" or \"more\" break here --><!--more--><!--break--><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none;\" class=\"rpuKeywords\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepostMain rpuRepost-c94aa7f631ce67a011e66dd407f7a346-bottom\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- How to customize this embed: http:\/\/www.repost.us\/article-preview\/#!shash=c94aa7f631ce67a011e66dd407f7a346 --><!--rpuEmbedEnd--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A simple yet creative gardening project called The Edible Bus Stop transforms a public transit area that used to be full of trash, and brings and entire community together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":16851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24],"tags":[2497,5660,19,23,5661,202],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Community a Garden Builds: Edible Bus Stop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lots of community gardens out there, but can gardening actually build a sense of community? 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