Of any garden I’m currently tending, the one that I’ve had the longest connection with isn’t at the house we rent, and it’s not our next-door farm either.
It’s at my office.
We’ve only been in our current house for 2.5 years, but I’ve had a connection to my current office space for more than 4. In those years, I’ve been able to participate in the evolution of what I call our “sidewalk food forest.” In a 30 inch-wide swath next to the street, and and 18 inch strip next to the building, we grow an incredible variety of food: apples, almonds, asian pears, cherries, italian prunes, grapes, boysenberries, peaches, currants, artichoke, rosemary, potatoes, sunchokes, roses, and an assortment of ornamentals. [see photo]
The satisfaction and experience of this garden, not to mention all the fruit, has been an enormous asset in my life. I get to see it—and snack on it—every day, and it has been a great way for me to have a steady relationship to food growing, no matter how many times I have to leave a home garden behind due to a move.
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