Private Project

A GARDEN EXPERIENCE: GROWING ORGANIC

For many positive health, nutrition, and environmental reasons, the business of selling organic food is booming. However, choosing organic can be significantly more expensive than ordering conventional food. One way to go organic and save is to tend your own organic garden. This inspiring program documents a year in the life of a large organic community garden. From spring tilling, planting, board meetings, potlucks, wildlife sightings, and harvesting, to fall closing and community outreach, it follows a hearty group of organic gardeners as together they deal with the challenges and share the rewards of an organic gardening experience. The message is clear, if these determined gardeners in southern Colorado can succeed in going organic, so can other gardening enthusiasts everywhere as well.

  • Nancy Bentley
    Director
    MARY CALHOUN: THE MAKING OF A STORYBOOK; TALKING WALLS
  • John Atkinson
    Director
    TALKING WALLS
  • Nancy Bentley
    Writer
    MARY CALHOUN: THE MAKING OF A STORYBOOK; TALKING WALLS
  • Nancy Bentley
    Producer
    MARY CALHOUN: THE MAKING OF A STORYBOOK; TALKING WALLS
  • John Atkinson
    Producer
    TALKING WALLS
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 3, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    30P (FPS), 1080P
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Bear Creek Nature Center Screening
    Colorado Springs, CO
    United States
    November 3, 2018
    North American Premiere
Distribution Information
  • Chip Taylor Communications
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Nancy Bentley, John Atkinson

Nancy Bentley and John Atkinson, husband and wife film team, have been tilling the soil, planting seeds, and gardening together for as long as they can remember. Nancy is a writer, former educator and librarian, and John is a former Peace Corps volunteer, systems analyst and data guru. They directed and produced A Garden Experience: Growing Organic out of a deep commitment to organic gardening and community building.

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Director Statement

Dedicated to the soil, plants, and people who nourish our lives.