Urban Farm and Garden Alliance Archive
A project by Urban Farm and Garden Alliance ArchiveThis site profiles the gardens that are part of the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance in the Rondo and Frogtown neighborhoods of Saint Paul, MN. It is a collaboration between the Urban Farm and Garden Alliance, Bethel Library, and Harley Schreck's Fall 2017 Urbanism class who researched and visited each garden and entered their results into this interactive archive.
Recent Stories
Lexington Commons
Lexington Commons community garden sits just outside of the Lexington Commons apartment complex, a 48 unit sober living community for single adults who have experienced homelessness in the past. The…
Morning Star Garden
The garden was created around a decade ago when Metric and Melvin Giles found potential in the unused green space around Morning Star Baptist Church. It began with a handful of box planters and a…
Greenhouse Garden
The Greenhouse Garden is a garden in Frogtown with historical roots. It was originally the Dale Street Greenhouse which was gas station that had been converted into a greenhouse. Until it closed in…
Pilgrim's Community Garden
Pilgrim Baptist Church was founded in 1868 by Robert T. Hickman and was located in what is now downtown St. Paul. In 1925, it moved to its current location and has been serving the Rondo neighborhood…