Potrero Hill Community Garden, San Francisco If you, like me, are on a wait list for a plot in your local community garden, you could spend some reel time in a (New York City) garden with any one of the following documentaries via the New York Public Library (NYPL) film collection. Plant a Seed (1975) 40,000 Acres, with View (1984) Green Streets (1989) Los Angeles's South Central Farm was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary titled The Garden in 2008. The film series, Another world is plantable! , chronicles community gardens in three four cities -- Buenos Aires (2003), Cape Town and Johannesburg (2005), and Berlin (2006). (See also City Farmer News coverage .) NYPL's collection also includes films about parks (A Park on Our Block (1969), A Community Park (1970)); public murals (The Mural On Our Street (1964)); urban renewal projects (The Heart of Losaida (1979), Bronx River Restoration (1980), 24th and Tomorrow (1965), A Sense of Pride: Hamilton Heights