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Originally Posted by Jazuela

Many senior/retirement communities and even some municipalities have community gardens. You pay a modest yearly fee for a square within the garden. You are responsible for its upkeep, and you are limited as to what you may/may not grow, and which pesticides/fertilizers you may/may not use. Some are strictly organic herb and vegetable gardens, some allow non-food flowers, some are flowering plants only, some allow decorative grasses. Some allow "garden gnome" type decorative touches, some don't.

The community takes turns watering the whole thing, or has a built-in watering system. You might have an option of selecting a square within a section of the garden that doesn't get the automatic watering (in case you're planting desert-friendly plants or vegetables that don't thrive with daily watering, such as tomatoes).

I haven't heard anything here mentioned about TV having such a thing, and it sort of has me wondering why not. I could imagine each village having a small raised-bed plot for things like tomatoes, squash, beans, herbs, peas, sweet potatoes, sunflowers, etc.

And if you decide you don't want to participate anymore (or are unable for whatever reason) you let the garden manager know, and they rake the whole thing over and allow it to become fallow til your "right to use" period expires. Then they let someone else use it.

That's a great idea. I think there is something like that by the wood shop.
Awhile ago is remember communities built around farms instead of golf courses. A room with a view sounds pretty good to me.