Public Garden Projects

SUN RAY LIBRARY GARDENS
GCRC has developed a large garden at the Sun Ray Library with the help of grants from Friends of the Library and the Minnesota Horticultural Society Seventh District.

In fall 2001 club volunteers prepared the garden beds and planted native shrubs. In spring/summer 2002 the club planted a variety of perennials. Garden club volunteers continue to maintain this garden.

HIGHLAND PARK PERENNIAL GARDENS
The club maintains two gardens on the northeast corner of Montreal and Edgcumbe in St. Paul. These gardens consist of a mix of common perennials and small ornamental trees. Garden club volunteers clean up the gardens each spring and fall, divide and transplant as necessary and weed throughout the growing season.

NATIVE PLANT PROJECT GARDENS
The club maintains four separate garden areas at the Highland Library and adjoining Hillcrest Recreation Center. These gardens, developed through a grant, consist of perennial flowers, grasses, shrubs and trees native to Minnesota. The gardens were designed by a nationally known expert in native plants and planted by volunteers from the GCRC. One garden area is maintained as a small prairie, another features woodland plants in a natural setting, and the other areas showcase a number of species of plants in attractively designed small plots so individual types can be readily identified and studied. The gardens occasionally serve as a teaching resource for classes and workshops on native plants. Garden club volunteers clean up the gardens in spring and fall and maintain them throughout the summer.

Hillcrest Recreation Center Phone (for Garden Club Meetings)
651-695-3706

Last updated: 5 April 2008