Thanks for the information, all points of view are helpful….As of right now we have a CAD drawn to scale design (with room for additional plant types)…my neighbor is an engineer and her husband a surveyer. We also have a stack of pictures with similar garden ideas we handed and out with the petitions and the letter laying out the rules of the garden…i.e. the rules for harvest, complaints, money, what plants to plant, maintenance, etc…The board meets again soon but I really don’t think they have read any of the info we have handed out so I would like to come with a new stack of info. I am not opposed to the idea of blending a community garden with more traditional landscape, my only concern is that people who aren’t educated in plant varietals won’t know the difference between edible and non-edible plants. Any addition opinions are articles are great. Thanks!