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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!
2024 Recap
This season the garden-to-table produce for building tenants included:
635 bunches of kale
390 bunches of chard
645 bunches of collards
14 bunches of scallions
15.3 pounds of parsley
28 pounds of basil
347 pounds of cucumbers
348 pounds of zucchini
250 pounds of peppers
303 pounds of eggplant
212 bunches of thyme
272 bunches of rosemary
200 bunches of sage
92 bunches of oregano
405 bunches of mint
15 Varieties
of veggies and herbs grown
2,068 pounds
of produce grown in 2024
check out the 2024 full recap in the blog post below!
25,046 servings
of produce distributed
110,984 miles
in food distribution reduced
Garden Updates
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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.