Throughout Washington, D.C., people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are gardening side by side, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers in community gardens.  Some are looking for basic sustenance, others for a way to remember their homelands, still others for a place to find a respite from their troubles.  Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, the one-hour documentary, “A Community of Gardeners,” will explore the vital role of seven urban community gardens, not only as sources of fresh, nutritious food, but as outdoor classrooms, places of healing, centers of social interaction, and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods.  The documentary will also look back on the history of community gardens in the United States, from the potato patch farms of the late nineteenth century, to the victory gardens of World War II, to community gardening’s current renaissance.

“A Community of Gardeners” is currently in the editing phase.