A Store’s Urban Garden

By Cindy Naas

I was shopping in the Crocus Hill district of St. Paul Minnesota this week.

I stopped in at the Cooks Of Crocus Hill store, and discovered an absolutely stunning urban garden, right in the middle of an upscale shopping area!

Needless to say, I had to stop in and talk to the owner.

The landscaping around this store is a series of raised beds in which all manner of vegetables, herbs and even fruits are grown. Herbs are tucked into edges of walkways and into planters.

Visual interest is maintained by growing scarlet runner beans up twig wigwams, and grapes twine along the fence which separates this store from the adjacent property. There are Read the rest of this entry »