The three of us toured a serene, artful demonstration garden maintained by volunteers from nearby Roseburg. A docent named Jan talked to us as she cut back her bloomed-out coreopsis. Originally the garden held community work days and everyone planted, clipped, raked, and mulched in unison. But the volunteers weren’t happy. So a new manager came in and allowed each person total control of a small plot of soil within the garden. Some experimented, some stuck to traditional garden tried-and-true favorites. The garden looks glorious. The parallel to the failure of Soviet collectivization should escape no one.
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