Description of Gardens in 2010 Tour

1.  Jardin de Esperanzas
Spruce & San Pedro
First community garden in the historic district. Eighteen raised bed plots with tile detail throughout and a pueblo-style shed. Raised beds accommodate wheelchair gardening. Our solar lighting project illuminates the garden at night.

2.  Greening Garden Project
159 W. Greening Ave.
The Greening Garden Project is an attempt to incorporate agriculture and green space into the modern day American urban environment. Inspired by Cuba's urban agriculture experiments of the 1980s and 90s, the Greening garden incorporates small-scale agricultural production into the landscaping for purposes of increasing food security and promoting healthy food production. It is hoped that this garden can serve as a model of developing a vibrant and sustainable system for local food production for other properties throughout the community.

3.  Gendall Garden
1107 N. Reymond St.
A Priscilliana mural and suit of armor, yard sculptures, blue bottle garden, and silverware garden (perennial-no water needed) enhance this xeric garden's new and established plantings.

4.  Cano Garden
1220 N. Reymond St.
Garden & patio feature stained concrete, lots of pavers, old doors & gates, an outdoor kitchen, waterfall and pond feature, old vigas, Spanish tiles, lush & green, very eclectic with personalized Priscilliana mural. Comfy outdoor living!

5.  Aarniokoski Garden
452 W. Chestnut
An oasis in the desert. Traditional style, colorful, restful, intimate with a large, full size Priscilliana mural, gazebo, hammock, patio space and just enough lawn to be park-like. The fragrant rose garden compliments dwarf citrus trees.

6.  The Bird Garden
808 N. Melendres at Van Patten
'Bird Garden' is designed to the owners' special palette. Though they live on a desert their ties are to the Midwest & topics. Liking a verdant green atmosphere & adding to it, & changing it frequently, they strive to make it home for birds, butterflies, & bees using trees, flowers & more than 20 iris varieties.

7.  America's Best Value Inn Gardens
2160 We. Picacho Ave.
The many gardens of the America's Best Value Inn include a designed, desert landscape, with botanical & xeriscape features, unusual desert flora, and ornamental plantings. Meditation areas, a garden of Australian natives, and large rose garden fill this property.

8.  Court Youth Center (CYC) Gardens
Alma D'Arte Charter School, 402 W. Court Ave.
The CYC gardens have native plants, organic herbs, and flowers and are structured with artistically-designed raised bed garden areas, row garden areas, container garden areas, and specialty garden areas complete with student art work (fountain, tile work, benches, arbors, etc.) An example of one of the specialty garden areas is medicinal herbs that are indigenous to the Southern New Mexican culture. The CYC AmeriCorps artists are working directly with middle and high school youth integrating creativity and nature to create gardens that echo nature's cycle of winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Description of Previous Tours

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2009 Tour Description