The Feb.8 issue of the newly-online Brick Weekly has a long profile of Tricycle Gardens, Cultivating Change.

From the article:

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For Church Hill resident, artist and architect Lisa Taranto, the notion of Tricycle Gardens started out simple and ended up anywhere but. Six years ago, she and a group of friends set out to bring the concept of community gardening to Richmond. Like the three wheels of a tricycle, their mission statement summed up the goals of their garden — create community, provide education and encourage sustainability.

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In search of funding for that sustainability, Lisa submitted a proposal for a grant from the Richmond-based Robins Foundation, a group dedicated to providing underfunded areas with catalysts for change. In late December, the Robins Foundation granted Tricycle Gardens a $40,000 Christmas present of sorts.

Unlike larger cities, such as Philadelphia and New York City, Richmond lacks a history of community gardening. Because of this infancy, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is acting as the financial advisor for Tricycle Gardens. Creating ideas as they go, Lewis Ginter and Tricycle Gardens are moving fast with community gardens already underway in Carver, Fulton Hill, Winchester Greens, Oregon Hill and the Bainbridge Boys & Girls Club.

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updates from Tricycle Gardens (1/15/2007)