Technology for Community Garden Operations

Like all organizations, community gardens use technology for communications, planning, management, and storing and sharing knowledge. Here, we refer to community gardens that perform a wide range of functions (compared to those that just manage individual raised beds), such as

• serving as a public space for rest, relaxation, and play
• serving as a community center where neighborhood organizations can meet
• serving as an event venue where local musicians, artists, and theatre groups can perform
• serving as a place for education, whether through workshops, classes, lectures, or as a site for independent research and observation
• serving as a communally stewarded garden including non-food-production plants intended for ecological function (wildlife food & habitat, shade, soil management, stormwater mitigation) as well as beauty

These community gardens are organizations rooted in locality, and are composed of many different kinds of members varying in age,