Name: Beaver Island residents consider a community garden for people without seasonal garden space, 2007
Start: 2007-05
End: 2007-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2007-05
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityenvironmentconservationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Kevin Bousquet proposed a Beaver Island community garden for people who lacked land or could not stay for a full growing season. The idea was presented as a way to let more people work in a garden while reconnecting with the Island’s natural setting.

Evidence limits

The article is an initial proposal; it does not establish a site, organizers, planting season, or completed garden.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2007, "A Community Garden?"
Proposes a shared garden for seasonal visitors and residents who lack land or cannot remain on the Island for the entire growing season. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the proposal.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents consider a community garden for people without seasonal garden space, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-garden-proposal-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2007, "A Community Garden?" (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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