Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Frog Alley Community Garden is located in the historic
neighborhood of Frog Alley in Delray Beach.
The garden’s philosophy believes in “sowing community
through organic practices”. They advocate the
importance of sustainable life practice by providing
the community an open space in which to cultivate
and grow their own food. Through documenting the
ins and outs of the Frog Alley Community Garden, I
wish to raise awareness on sustainable and practical
life practice through Organic cultivation. This means
documenting methods that require a relatively small
amount of energy to yield a high amount of outcome.
An example of this would be permaculture, agricultural
design in alignment with the patterns of nature,
plays a large role for many of these dedicated gardeners.
With the intent of implementing gardening
methods that seek to coexist with the natural ecosystem,
the ability to grow and share food, as well as contributing
little to no environmental impact, establishes
Frog Alley as a sustainable garden. The diversity of
gardeners at Frog Alley, a handful of who are new to
gardening in general, are egger to learn and experiment
with various methods of organic cultivation. The
sharing of information from gardener to gardener pertaining
to the growth of their plots, when to seed and
harvest, the identification of native plants, and assorted
solutions to pest problems is what makes Frog
Alley a community garden. Candid shots focusing in
on the gardeners, the conscious design of space, the
plants, and the tremendous amount of work involved
have been the highlights of this project. The significance
of each composition is to mirror the earthy element,
depicting a combination of labor and love. The
choice of paper and size, such as a cold press natural
matte 13 x 19, coincide with the natural aspect echoing
throughout.
neighborhood of Frog Alley in Delray Beach.
The garden’s philosophy believes in “sowing community
through organic practices”. They advocate the
importance of sustainable life practice by providing
the community an open space in which to cultivate
and grow their own food. Through documenting the
ins and outs of the Frog Alley Community Garden, I
wish to raise awareness on sustainable and practical
life practice through Organic cultivation. This means
documenting methods that require a relatively small
amount of energy to yield a high amount of outcome.
An example of this would be permaculture, agricultural
design in alignment with the patterns of nature,
plays a large role for many of these dedicated gardeners.
With the intent of implementing gardening
methods that seek to coexist with the natural ecosystem,
the ability to grow and share food, as well as contributing
little to no environmental impact, establishes
Frog Alley as a sustainable garden. The diversity of
gardeners at Frog Alley, a handful of who are new to
gardening in general, are egger to learn and experiment
with various methods of organic cultivation. The
sharing of information from gardener to gardener pertaining
to the growth of their plots, when to seed and
harvest, the identification of native plants, and assorted
solutions to pest problems is what makes Frog
Alley a community garden. Candid shots focusing in
on the gardeners, the conscious design of space, the
plants, and the tremendous amount of work involved
have been the highlights of this project. The significance
of each composition is to mirror the earthy element,
depicting a combination of labor and love. The
choice of paper and size, such as a cold press natural
matte 13 x 19, coincide with the natural aspect echoing
throughout.
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