Terms Used In Tennessee Code 43-24-104

  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Use: means , when applied to gardening and beekeeping, to make use of, without conveyance of title or any other ownership. See Tennessee Code 43-24-102

It is the policy of the state to encourage community gardening on both public and private property, and to that end this chapter shall be liberally construed. Local governments, homeowner or condominium associations, neighborhood or community associations, and private property owners are urged to expedite the use of vacant or unused real property under their control for community gardening to the furthest extent practicable.