@RetardedServantOfChrist That article is clickbait bullshit. This program (which is entirely optional) is for promoting community gardens that are open to the public and have gardening classes and shit. This isn't some sort of private garden registry, as the headline suggests.

>School gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural, suburban and urban areas can be recognized as a “People’s Garden” if they register on the USDA website and meet criteria including benefitting the community, working collaboratively, incorporating conservation practices and educating the public.