community garden a great use for a vacant lot

richmond.com has a nice long look at Tricycle Gardens:

I visited Lisa at their first garden site in Church Hill along Jefferson Avenue. Immediately after stepping inside the wooden gate I was astonished. At first I could not believe such abundance of life in such a small space. I saw grasshoppers, birds, butterflies and bees among the abundant vegetation including tomatoes, corn, morning glory, avocado and blackberry along with many others.