Community Container Gardening

Reader Contribution by Amy Koliner
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In a collaborative environment – a co-working space – one would think there would be ample opportunities to share. After all, this space is built with community in mind. The tables are configured to facilitate conversation and there is a “pit” with oversized bean bags yearning for people to lounge in them and contemplate big ideas while sipping coffee.

Truth be told, many of us working in this “collaborative, co-working” environment go days, even weeks, without talking to each other. Some people are busy. Some people are shy. Some of these people I share this space with every day need to concentrate….-hard. They are entrepreneurs building platforms for social networking, building new robust software for large and small companies, or creating mobile apps. Big stuff. Technical stuff.

So, when I started walking around talking about dirt, compost, earth worm castings and container gardening I wasn’t sure what the reaction would be. I mean, these folks are data enthusiasts, content managers and systems engineers. They chat via Yammer about Moodle, WordPress and Ajax. They ideate, iterate and use so many acronyms it makes my head spin. They are “techy.” They are smart.

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