Jordan Community Garden

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Established in 2002, the Jordan Community Garden has beautified the neighborhood, promoted cross-cultural interaction, connected youth with their food source, provided a watchful eye, and demonstrated landscaping possibilities. Located in a vacant lot on the corner of a drug dealing corridor, the garden is a powerful sign of community. The Jordan Area Community Council purchased the lot from the city (for $1). Plantings focus on native perennials, and one-third of the garden is vegetables. The garden has a meeting area and several donated fixtures. Garden Club members and MNDOT personnel volunteered over two weekends to prep the soil, transplant thyme, and install 200 bushes and trees including Japanese Tree Lilac, Swiss Stone Pine, Tinkerbelle Korean Lilac, Autumn Magic Glossy Black Chokeberry and Goldflame Spirea. The garden’s focal points are weeping spruce and cherry trees and a stone turtle sunning itself in a bed of thyme and sedum.

This attraction was added to the Daily Planet through a partnership with the Arise! Atlas (arisebookstore.org).