LIVE WEBINAR:

How to Create a Successful Community Garden
for Residents

Tuesday, May 23, at 3 p.m. (ET) | $19.99
(Can’t make the date?  Register anyway and you’ll receive a complete recording of the webinar.)
The popularity of community gardens has exploded in recent years to over 18,000 community gardens in the U.S. and Canada.
 
Many multifamily properties, including urban and affordable housing sites, have started community gardening programs for residents and are reaping considerable benefits, ranging from improving residents’ enjoyment of the property and access to social activities and fresh food to beautifying the grounds and improving property values.
 
In this one-hour webinar, speaker Carolyn Zezima will give you the basics about community gardens, describe the benefits you’ll reap, and explain the steps to take to start and manage a community garden program at your property.
 
Topics covered will include:
  • Determining resident interest
  • Identifying community partners
  • Selecting an appropriate location
  • Planning and designing the garden and its programs
  • Creating a garden budget
  • Setting garden rules
 
This presentation is geared to:
  • Owners of multifamily rental properties
  • Managers of multifamily rental properties
  • Sustainability directors and service providers at affordable housing sites
  • Other sustainability and affordable housing professionals
The last 10 minutes are reserved for your Q&A!
 
 
Please Note: The information contained in this webinar is provided by Vendome Real Estate Media and is intended for educational and informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice or as an offer to perform legal services on any subject matter.
About the Speaker
Carolyn E. Zezima, Esq.
 
Carolyn E. Zezima, Esq. is the president of NYC Foodscape (www.nycfoodscape.com), a food systems and urban agriculture consulting business, and author of Sustainable Affordable Housing Management (Vendome Real Estate Media, 2016). She has worked with food and farming enterprises and food policy organizations in Chicago and New York to promote healthy sustainable food systems, urban agriculture, school gardening programs, and regional farming, including founding The Talking Farm, “The Farm with Something to Say,” an urban farming and educational enterprise in Evanston, Ill.
Moderator

Heather Stone
Executive Editor/Moderator
Vendome Real Estate Media