Urban Community Gardens

Urban Community Gardens have become more relevant in recent years. This is due to the way the climate is changing and the heightened awareness of the climate change throughout society. There are a lot of economic reasons to start a community garden, such as heightened prices of food or the ongoing economic depression. These events have caused people to spend less money and community gardening is a good way to save. These gardens are also good because large groups of people will work together in order to receive a benefit. This can help bring a community together because they will work together and share the profits. These gardens provide healthy food for people to eat, which in turn makes people healthier! For more info on community gardens: http://www.communitygarden.org/

Trees

Loblolly Pine: one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States, from central Texas east to Florida, and north to Delaware and Southern New Jersey. The wood industry classifies the species as a southern yellow pine. U.S. Forest Service surveys found that loblolly pine is the second most common species of tree in the United States, after red maple.

Southern Magnolia: a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the southeastern United States, from Virginia south to central Florida, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. Reaching 27.5 m (90 ft) in height, it is a large striking evergreen tree with large dark green leaves and large white fragrant flowers. Widely cultivated around the world, over a hundred cultivars have been bred and marketed commercially. The timber is hard and heavy, and has been used commercially to make furniture, pallets, and veneer.

Pecan Tree: a species of hickory, native to south-central North America, in Mexico from Coahuila south to Jalisco and Veracruz, in the United States in Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas. "Pecan" is from an Algonquian word, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack.

Yoshino Cherry Tree: a hybrid cherry of unknown origin, probably between Prunus speciosa as father plant and Prunus pendula f. ascendens as mother. It occurs as a natural hybrid in Japan and is now one of the most popular and widely planted cultivated flowering cherries (sakura) in temperate climates worldwide.