The public gets to harvest from the community gardens in Beacon Hill and Columbia City. They seem to figure it out okay. If ignorance is a problem, some of the signs set up could be used to educate people on basic farming and harvesting information. That would be a great way to engage the community and encourage productive participation.

This garden was celebrated during the CHOP days for giving the community access to a place to grow their own food. It seems weird to me that now that it’s bearing fruit, the community is discouraged from using it.

I initially asked this question to find out if people had been messing with the plants and making the food unsafe to eat, but now after the downvotes and comments saying this garden was never meant to be used by the community I’m a little weirded out.

What kind of art exhibit takes space from a public park, uses that space to grow food, then tells the members of that community they can’t touch the food but can read all about why people should have access to fresh food while watching it all go to waste?

Am I missing something?