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The Garden at the District Center
Opened in 2022, the garden at District Center supplies fresh produce to the building's tenants as well as local non-profit partner Dreaming Out Loud. In its first year, the garden produced nearly 800 lbs of produce, with building tenants lining up once a week throughout the season to get their roof-to-lobby share of the harvest. The garden is planted every year in a wide variety of vegetable crops such as eggplant, tomatoes, chard, kale, and peppers, as well as a variety of flowers and herbs such as lavender, chives, and thyme. This mix of veggies and flowers gives the rooftop bee-hives plenty of forage throughout the season as well!
Garden Updates
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2023 Recap
This season the garden-to-table produce for building tenants included:
614 bunches of kale
320 bunches of chard
392 bunches of collards
23 bunches of scallions
12 bunches of radishes
106 bunches of parsley
29 pounds of basil
398 pounds of cucumbers
97 pounds of zucchini
97 pounds of peppers
189 pounds of eggplant
63 pounds of tomatoes
248 bunches of thyme
154 bunches of rosemary
300 bunches of sage
54 bunches of mint
16 Varieties
of veggies and herbs grown
1,521 pounds
of produce grown in 2023
19,818 servings
of produce distributed
85,780 miles
in food distribution reduced
from the building tenants
“Thank YOU for organizing this. It is an amazing opportunity for community building. I have met many people in line to wait for the vegetables.”
Curious about how to cook with your produce?
Check out our suggested recipes.