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About
Youth looking for worms during our “Spring Awakening” event we host each spring as we open the garden for the season.
North Minneapolis was hit by a tornado in the spring of 2011 that destroyed the home that existed on the corner of 3500 Humboldt Ave N. Months after the plot was cleared of debris and the home was taken down, a group of neighbors came to dig the first holes to prepare for planting.
The next few years were seasons of exploring urban gardening/farming practices, participating in food justice networks, creating community connections, and building alliances with other Minneapolis growers and healers. We faced language barriers, financial needs, vandalism, community conflict, and working through who the garden is and what values would take root.
The city of Minneapolis provides a Community Garden lease through their Homegrown Minneapolis Program on empty and abandon lots. Renewable every year, the City of Minneapolis determined that Community Gardens would be protected during development and are listed last on available plots.
For more than a decade, this special garden has provided space for neighbors to explore food growing practices, learn about herbal medicine, build lasting community connections, and all for free. We do not believe that land can be owned, so we do not offer up paid individual plots. We believe that the garden provides exactly what different individuals needs. Some find refuge in coming and tending to weeds and planting seeds. Others find connection by attending events. Many are able to harvest food and herbs and fresh flowers on their way home from work. The garden and all the programs are designed to foster connection to the earth and to one another.
The Story Garden is a proud registered member of the Read in Color pledge for Free Little Library’s. This is a commitment to diverse, inclusive, and representative books and authors in order to nurture a love for all people and a deeper learning from different perspectives. This also includes a commitment to books in multiple languages, especially Spanish, Hmong, and Somali which reflect the community surrounding the garden.