Columbus’ First Annual “Gears & Gardens” Bicycle Tour
Via the American Community Gardens Association’s Annual Conference, August 6-8 Columbus, OH—July 9, 2009—Columbus’ bicycling and gardening communities will join forces for the first annual “Gears & Gardens” bicycle tour of community gardens, to be held during the American Community Gardening Association’s (ACGA) national conference August 6-8 at Franklin Park Conservatory. The ride, offered this year exclusively to conference attendees, will showcase six gardens uniquely contributing to the local economy, foodshed, and sense of place. It will culminate at Surly Girl Saloon with a lunch made from locally grown food and speakers Catherine Girves of The Enrichment Association and Dr. John Tolbert of the Columbus Health Department discussing how bicycles and gardens contribute to healthy, socially just neighborhoods. Trish Dehnbostel, Programming Manager at Local Matters and Gears & Gardens coordinator, says, “Community gardening is a dramatic way to empower our neighborhoods throu