Strength to Love II Urban Farm, in partnership with Intersection of Change

This is Nature Sacred's fourth site partnership with Intersection of Change. The 1.5 acres already held several hoophouses, and new plantings went into the rest, laid out as six connected outdoor rooms. Ornamental flowers ring the perimeter to catch the eye of passersby on the street, and crape myrtles subtly frame each entrance. The interior rooms hold a grove of fruit trees, blueberry shrubs, and perennials — every plant chosen to serve twice, harvestable for the farm stand even if only for color, which keeps the stand operational nine to ten months a year. The farm stand was built as part of this process and faces the street. Layered over it all is a meditation garden lit softly and ringed with perennials, making a niche within the garden that faces out over the plantings. From the plantings to the gravel pathways, the design was built to cut maintenance as far as possible.