Gardens

Stark, Zachary
Alkhawaja, Noelle
Hanson, Dane
Hach, Grace

2014

Spring

University of Iowa. Rhetoric Department. Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning Initiative (IDEAL)

Project description by students:
For the people of Muscatine, gardening has a much greater meaning than dirt and a few plants. Community gardens are a part of the Iowa Initiatives' Blue Zones Project and aim to increase the availability of healthier food options, encourage Muscatine citizens to participate in more physical activity, and to unify the community (Taylor Park Community Garden). The most important aspect of this project is the community. While many of Blue Zones' goals include physical benefits both to the neighborhoods and the people of Muscatine, our conversations with a Muscatine County Coordinator, Annette Shipley, indicated that the greater goal of the community gardens is to foster a sense of mutual pride in the town. This project will ideally provide a platform for the formation of communal bonds.

Project:
IDEAL - Iowa Narrative Project
Course:
Rhetoric 0050
Instructor:
Matt Gilchrist

English

Master gardeners
Community gardens

2010-2020

United States -- Iowa -- Muscatine

Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning (IDEAL)

Iowa Narratives Project

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Copyright © 2014 Zachary Stark, Noelle Alkhawaja, Dane Hanson, and Grace Hach

Contact IDEAL at ideal@uiowa.edu

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