For anyone interested in creating community gardens, the websites below have lots of info on how to go about it. The Foodshare website even has a month-by-month calendar for steps to take each month for the first couple of years.

FoodShare / Field to Table (Toronto, CAN) www.foodshare.net

Hamilton Urban Growers / Eat Local (Hamilton, CAN)

www.environmenthamilton.org (see "Projects")

American Community Gardening Association www.communitygarden.org