Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, September 16, 1991, Page 10D, Image 96

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Two Swimming Pools
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Regulation Squash Court
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Pboio by Jetl Patiay
Chris Harding lends to his plot ol land at the River House Communi
ty Gardens, one ol several local sites with garden areas lor rent.
Grow it organically by
renting a garden plot
By June Williams
Emerald Contributor
Having a garden is unthink
able for munv students The
cramped housing students gen
erally c an afford leaves little
room lor even a flowerpot
However, Eugene Parks and
Kei reation has a solution for all
apartment dwellers with green
thumbs
I he Community Cardens
program, started in the early
1 **70s. allows residents to rent
garden plots on city-owned
land
Chia than Chen, a physics
slud -nt at the University, has a
large plot in the garden outside
Westmoreland student housing
"It's ii very good idea for Eu
gene," Chen said. "I do it main
ly for fun, but the fresh vegeta
bles are good, loo. You can sup
ply a whole summer's worth ot
vegetables 1 haven't shopped
for two months "
Chen uses organic methods,
whir h are strongly encouraged
by the program Chemical let
tilizers may be used, but chemi
< al pesticides are prohibited
After Chen and his wife starl
ed the garden in early April, he
found out that having a garden
means .1 lot of work, especially
in Eugene
The soil u.is very hard at
first, and the garden hasn't
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