My neighbor 3 doors down, lives on a corner, turned her whole front yard and side yard into a community garden. Quite a few of the neighbors with kids participate. She also has a book trade out thing, and a giving bench for canned foods etc. There are always cars parked around her house and people in their yard. She did it all because of COVID. To show she cares.
Personally, I don’t want random people stopping at my house and roaming around my yard. lol
I have a neighbour who plants free greens for anyone who wants them. The garden plot is far from his home though.
There’s a nice movie called Uncle Nino. Dysfunctional family with Italian roots and their Uncle comes from Italy for a visit. They wind up turning their front yard into a veggie garden. As kids they were always happy in the garden. Family relationships are healed too.