Garden sharing or urban horticulture sharing is a local food and urban farming arrangement where a landowner allows a gardener access to land, typically a front or back yard, in order to grow food.
[3] The specifics addressed by a garden sharing agreement are potentially numerous, and the contract itself may be simple or exhaustive.
Websites are instituted by a variety of parties, including private individuals, government agencies, and non-profit groups.
[citation needed] A number of local, regional and national programs exist across the U.S. and Canada, including: In the UK, Landshare is a high-profile national garden sharing project in England, spearheaded by celebrity chef and TV personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, in conjunction with public-service broadcaster Channel 4.
The charity aims to promote locally grown food and the skills of doing so with supporting older and disabled people who can no longer manage their garden.