Save Yanonali Community Garden!

We need to save this community garden and not shrink it in size! It is vital to our community.

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Somehow my comment did not include my whole name, only my first. My name supporting the Yanonali maintainIng it's size is SANDRA LEE

Besides saving the size of this, We need many more. I volunteer at a Food Bank on the Westside. The need for fresh produce is always there. So many of our "customers" are parents trying to keep their children's nutrition on the healthy side. Keeping a garden going is the perfect way for children to not only learn where produce comes from, but learning how great it feels to enjoy the result of the efforts that they and their parents put in while enjoying healthy, nutritious meals. Many studies show that when children help with a garden they happily eat vegetable that they used to "hate", Also the food we eat in childhood remains our favorite. I lived where fresh produce was only available in the summer from my grandfather's garden. The rest of the year our veg and fruits were in cans. As a result I still prefer canned, though I rarely eat them. My children had fresh veg and fruit so they love them. Since I always had at least a patch of garden when the weather allowed they also love gardening. Now I love seeing my great Grandchildren start gardening from a very young age. The beat goes on,,,, Win, win, win, win through 4 generations.

gardens are good for people

Please don't do this! The collective community has spent years, sweat, and tears on their plots. Removing/reassigning them, forcing them to start over with less space, and charging the same amount is nothing short of an insult. It serves no purpose but to disrupt the harmonious balance that has been organically fostered. Please explain what you hope to achieve with this, apart from additional revenue, and this community WILL help you find another way to accomplish it that is less destructive and cruel.

Long time sb gardener

Please don't reduce the size of this much-valued community garden or displace the gardeners who have nurtured the space. Thank you.

Please look over this article that synthesizes the literature about physical and mental health outcomes associated with community gardening. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345884/ ). The evidence is clear, and makes it obvious that every effort should be made to expand the provision of community gardens, not to shrink them! The idea of reducing the size of the plots is entirely counter-productive, not just because it works against the prevailing need to increase the resilience of our local food systems, but because it is also a very inefficient use of the space - the more plots, the more space is wasted in between each plot. Please reconsider these plans, and start work on creating more space for people to work communally to grow their own food.

Community gardens help create and preserve community. Exercise, though very necessary to our wellbeing, is usually an individiual activity. Preserve the garden!

What a gem to have this city garden that allow people to grow their own nutritious food. The garden should be expanded in size, not reduced. Healthier people live more productive lives.

This is so important for our community!

Please keep the garden for a healthier and happier community.

Save the gardens. The proposed changes discourage community gardeners. Gardens are meant to grow not wither and shrink.

The children of my preschool love to learn where vegetales comes from.

Please keep the garden!

I’m a gardener and this stuff is important for all these gardeners and community Please save this cultivated space

Gardens are more functional than any other nonsense. It's obscene to even think of cutting into the community garden. Another example of the egregious behavior evinced by the planning department in the City of Santa Barbara.

We need to expand the community gardens, not shrink them. This is an important community resource that needs to be protected by City entities.

Would like to see this community garden receive city funding and expansion. If more people would like a plot, that would suggest maybe using more space, not less. These gardens are a heritage, and are a joy to find anywhere on earth.