Urban Agriculture Comes to Fort Worth, Texas

Fairmount Community Garden and New Public Market

Written by Kevin Buchanan
Fortworthology
June 4, 2010

Excerpt:

Fort Worth is a bit behind the times on the urban agriculture movement, but the city is starting to embrace it at last.  Above is the first official city-approved community garden in the city of Fort Worth – the Fairmount Community Garden, located at 5th & Maddox across from Fairmount Park in the Fairmount neighborhood in the Near Southside.

Built on what were once vacant lots repossessed by the city, the Fairmount Community Garden was put together by a group of neighborhood residents wishing to promote local food sources in Fort Worth.

With sponsorship by a multitude of local organizations and companies, and help from Fort Worth South, Inc. and District 9 City Council representative Joel Burns, Fairmount has finally opened its long-awaited community garden.

The Fairmount Community Garden is comprised of 76 plots, each 8? x 4?, leasable by residents for $35 per year.  When last we chatted with garden organizer Susan Harper, all 76 lots were apparently spoken for, and a waiting list for openings is in place.  The organic garden is already producing food.

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