Article by Emily Cassell of ScoutSomerville http://scoutsomerville.com/guerrilla-gardeners-of-somerville/ ..."The Concord Ave Community Space—now a more than fifty-person strong organization—also got its start as a guerrilla garden. Years ago, organizer Shana Berger noticed a vacant lot at the corner of Concord and Webster Avenues in Union Square. After doing a little digging, she learned that the land was privately held and reached out to the owner, who said it was fine if people wanted to plant there. Thus, a community space was born." “I just went and did a bunch of door knocking in the neighborhood and got people together,” Berger says. She and her neighbors built raised beds, and the group and garden have grown each year since 2013. All are welcome to attend Concord Ave’s movie screenings and other events; the front gate is adorned with a hand-painted sign reading “grow with us” that’s translated into several different languages. “I live on the street where it is, and I’ve gotten to know a ton of my neighbors because of it,” Berger says. “It’s a great community-building space.”...
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