Memorial Park Nestled near the heart of the City of Houston, lies Memorial Park, almost 1,500 acres of open space, one of the city’s flagship parks. The parkland encompasses various Texas ecosystems, including upland forests, savannas, prairies, wetlands, and riparian woodlands, which in turn provide the perfect setting for recreational opportunities – walking, running, picnicking, […]
Hello. I am a garden. I like to think of myself as a food insecurity garden. My home is on the lawn of Gahanna Community Congregational Church in Gahanna, Ohio. In the summer of 2020, I came to fruition through a man who had a hope and a vision of helping people in my community […]
Despite a lack of volunteers, the Merrill Community Sharing Garden is still expected to double its output of fresh produce for the neighborhood this year when the community needs it most. The garden guru, otherwise known as Community Action Pathways Center Community Service Specialist Kaelyb Lokrantz, has stepped forward to keep the bountiful agricultural accomplishment […]
Merrill Community Sharing Garden Overview Mission: Our mission is to transform a vacant lot into something of greater beauty and purpose. To create opportunities for broader community engagement in the Merrill Neighborhood. To provide fresh produce to our neighbors To preserve, respect, and enjoy the natural biodiversity of the garden Currently: The Merrill Community Sharing […]
In 2020 a group of neighbors formed in North Hills to promote a healthier Raleigh through Community Gardening. Today, we maintain the growth of vegetables and use native plants (ONLY) for pollinating. We distribute produce locally in Raleigh, NC and organically grow on under-utilized green space. We foster community involvement through positive interaction with neighbors, […]
I began volunteering with the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild after reading an article about it by the Washington Post’s gardening columnist. The guild was formed in 1998, originally to help maintain the formal front gardens of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In 2014, the guild’s primary […]
With communal spaces including a gazebo, orchard, meadow, trees, and a bricked barbecue area, in addition to 23 individual plots, Bel Arbor Community Garden welcomes all kinds of life to Philadelphia’s Bella Vista neighborhood. The land has a long history in Philadelphia urban gardening, being the approximate site where Alexander Parker’s Botanic Garden stood in […]
When we moved to the south end of Burlington in 2008, I dug up almost all the grass lawn in our yard—keeping only a ten-foot diameter section where we had lawn chairs—and replaced it with native plants and cultivars. Because I was concerned by the decline in numbers and health of pollinators like bees, butterflies, […]
Located in the neighborhood of Central Tacoma, Washington, Franklin Park serves its community well—there are numerous opportunities for recreation for children and adults, including a community garden. It has served its purpose for the elementary school and the numerous homeowners who live nearby since its opening in 1941. There is also space for wildlife, with […]
The Ancestral Roots Community Garden is in Chattanooga’s Menlo Park Neighborhood. The garden plantings and design are inspired by traditional Southern African American yards and home gardens. Greens, beans, okra, muscadine, herbs, corn, watermelons and squash are all growing in the garden. Also included are a row of fruit trees and flowering plants. The garden […]
The urban campus of American University in Washington, DC is known for its green spaces. Its grounds serve as an arboretum, caring for nearly 400 different species and varieties of woody plants. During this Spring’s Campus Beautification Day, a new edible garden was planted. Aided by the campus’ grounds facilities management department, and in partnership […]
IntroductionIn the fall of 2016, The Korea Gallery’s scheduled decade-long run at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) was coming close to its end. The question arose – what do we put in its place? A fun challenge, but a challenge nonetheless! Many ideas were proposed, but ultimately the museum’s exhibits team landed […]
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden inspires people to value plants, garden design and the natural world by cultivating plant collections of the Allegheny Plateau and temperate regions, creating display gardens, conducting educational programs and conserving the environment. We’re nurturing a unique vision at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. We’re reclaiming land from Pittsburgh’s gritty, industrial past and transforming […]
I am a gardener at a community P-Patch garden in Seattle, Washington. I also volunteer/write for the P-Patch Post, which is a free bi-yearly newspaper that is mailed to each gardener in the P-Patch program. I wrote the below article, which appeared in the Spring 2016 issue of the P-Patch Post. Her name is Bonnie […]
I grew up gardening and, living in the suburbs my whole life, was lucky to have space available to plant many different kinds of gardens over the years. In my retirement, I joined garden clubs and completed training at the University of Illinois to be a Master Gardener. I really enjoyed working with its extension […]