{"id":95,"date":"2025-01-01T19:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-dug.flywheelsites.com\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:45:05","slug":"community-collaborators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dug.org\/gardens-food-forests\/community-gardens\/community-collaborators\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Collaborators"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; video_bg=&#8221;use_video&#8221; video_mp4=&#8221;https:\/\/dug.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/garden.mp4&#8243; background_video_loading=&#8221;lazy-load&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;9%&#8221; constrain_group_1=&#8221;yes&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;9%&#8221; 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column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2>Why Community Gardens?<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; 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Community gardens are ideal for multi-family housing developments or corporate campuses seeking to add a high value amenity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increasingly, city planners, developers, property managers, and management companies are recognizing the value of community gardens, acknowledging that they have an extraordinarily high ROI, enhancing property values, resident satisfaction, engagement, and tenure.\u00a0<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;60px&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;5%&#8221; constrain_group_1=&#8221;yes&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;5%&#8221; top_padding_tablet=&#8221;10%&#8221; constrain_group_3=&#8221;yes&#8221; 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We will advise on considerations in terms of access, water line placement, plot size and overall design for optimal usage and community flow.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=&#8221;Extra-Color-1&#8243; heading_tag=&#8221;h5&#8243; heading_tag_functionality=&#8221;default&#8221; title=&#8221;Advise on the Initial Plans&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]DUG will provide technical spec sheets for all design elements of a community garden.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=&#8221;Extra-Color-1&#8243; heading_tag=&#8221;h5&#8243; heading_tag_functionality=&#8221;default&#8221; title=&#8221;Review Final Plans&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]Once the changes have been made to the initial plans, the DUG team will do a final review before construction begins.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=&#8221;Extra-Color-1&#8243; heading_tag=&#8221;h5&#8243; heading_tag_functionality=&#8221;default&#8221; 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You have a community garden! Now what? DUG has been building community through gardening for more than 40 years. Let us activate your space with the human power needed to make a garden thrive. 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