Vancouver Food Network

With a southern exposure overlooking Vancouver, Celeste Kurth decided her yard would be a great place for a garden.  She has gardened for twenty years and moved to this home last fall.  After cancer surgery, she did not garden for two years and felt disconnected from the earth and is anxious to share with others the oneness with the earth that gardening provides.  Demonstrating that acres of land are not needed, Kurth is setting an example for what we can do in our own yards to help produce more food locally, for ourselves and for others.

Celeste had friends wanting to share the extra space who did not have access to garden space. She plans to prepare 4x4-foot raised beds in an area of 35x15 feet. A neighborhood plant exchange is in the works to help kick off the season where plants, seeds and garden tools will be shared along with collective knowledge of friends and neighbors.

She found limitations on assistance available for healthy living by state funded programs, especially for the working poor and wants to do her part to help. She stated only a 10x10-foot space is adequate to grow produce for a family of five. Celeste said she has “always been about creating community” and is offering eight CSA shares and/or garden space for friends and neighbors for the 2009 season. There will also be grapes, raspberries, cherries, pears and apples to share.

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Celeste Kurth