- Denver urban gardens
The Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) is a botanical organization that supports
Denver -basedcommunity gardens .Organization
The DUG services over 70 gardens in the Denver area. [ [http://dug.org/about_dug.asp Denver Urban Gardens ] ] [This is a map of gardens serviced by DUG: http://dug.org/garden_map.asp] Many community gardens existed before and were created after DUG was organized. DUG operates as an umbrella group supporting a wide variety of these community garden activities. The organization was initially created in 1985, and became more organized in the early 90's. Currently, the DUG project operates with money and programs that originate both with the city of Denver and due to grant writing.
ocial functions
DUG offers free plant seeds, [ [http://www.dug.org/free_seeds.asp Denver Urban Gardens ] ] free classes [ [http://dug.org/education.asp#dd Denver Urban Gardens ] ] and other events that can be found on the calendar of their website. [ [http://dug.org/calendar.asp Denver Urban Gardens ] ]
References
External links
* [http://dug.org/home.asp Denver Urban Gardens official website]
* [http://www.americangardenmuseum.com/states/colorado/denver_dug.html DGU in the American Garden Museum]
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