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They say food brings people together. More and more, gardening does, too.

In towns and cities across Canada, homeowners are matching up with growers in arrangements that put expert hands to work on urban gardens whose bounty they share.

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“So many people are underutilizing their backyards,” …. “Why not use other people’s backyards? Everyone is benefiting.”

The engine of this urban land-exchange movement is the website sharingbackyards.comsharingbackyards.com, which is run by the LifeCycles organization in Victoria, where, according to project leader Christopher Hawkins, the idea began. Thirty-six cities, from Winnipeg to Halifax to Houston, have partnered with the site, and each offers a virtual bulletin board that uses Google maps to help individuals find the right sharing arrangement in their neighbourhoods.

Read the complete article at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/gardening/urban-land-exchange-movement-sprouted-in-victoria/article1578120/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/gardening/urban-land-exchange-movement-sprouted-in-victoria/article1578120/

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

EDT Last updated on Saturday, May. 22, 2010 11:36PM EDT