The latest issue of ReadyMade has an inspiring article on the growing movement of urban food gardening. Tilling Our City Soil by Rachel Wharton takes a look at some of these urban gardeners, examining what inspires them and how they are able to achieve healthier (and happier!) lifestyles by growing food in the city.

I live out in the country where having room to grow a productive garden is almost a given, but city dwellers often have to get a lot more creative to grow good food. It’s great to read that the community gardening movement is really taking off and has grown rapidly the past couple of years. This article has both inspiring profiles of people growing food in cities and handy, real-world advice, like instructions on how to build a compact raised bed garden box. If you’ve been thinking about converting that lawn into a garden, or just putting an herb garden in your windowsill, this article will help you make the move into urban gardening.

Look Inside >>  April/May 2009