True, but there's also truth in that this is a very gardening-friendly city anyway. I'm told that, in spring and summer, balconies all over the east side of my building are an absolute riot of flourishing greenery catching the rising sun. Mine is not east-facing, but there will be plants out there next year, garden plot or no.

New community gardens, or even gardens based at workplaces, tend to have loads of happy people tending them in a hurry. :) I've heard of one that specifically grows produce for a local food pantry. Also several at elementary schools, which students evidently get a kick out of learning about and in. I believe the produce from those goes to the kiddos' families!