Community gardens policy

Contents

1.0 Introduction

• Why establish community gardens?
• What kind of community gardens?
• Auckland City's role in community gardens

3.0 Issues and opportunities

• Community development
• Exclusive use of sites
• Tenure
• Standards of management
• Funding and income generation
• The need for a policy

4.0 Policy

• Protect open space values
• Process and assessment
• Tenure
• Management and monitoring

5.0 Proposal

6.0 Criteria for assessment

• Consideration of the receiving environment
• Consideration of the proposed community gardening activity

Approved by the Recreation and Events Committee of Auckland City Council on 24 July 2002.

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Published July 2002