“Gardening is always such a hopeful act,” says Lisa Bagwell, manager of Kula Urban Farm, a project of the social-services nonprofit Interfaith Neighbors, which serves Monmouth County, N.J. Sprawling across formerly abandoned lots in Asbury Park, the farm offers jobs programs, educational opportunities, and free produce to the local community.
One of its defining features is the lack of fencing: Bagwell and her colleagues call it the Farm Without Borders. Anyone is welcome to harvest from the plot — and there’s plenty to choose from. The farm grows okra, tomatoes, zucchini, collard greens, strawberries, and more. Far from inviting competition and chaos, the borderless farm has sown community. “It goes to show that you can have a big garden and not have it vandalized,” Bagwell says.
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