North Side Garden Walk Planned
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The Beauty of BID #32 Garden Walk – an event showcasing garden ventures of three northside organizations and featuring food, fun, live music and gardening information — will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.Those attending can start at any of the sites, which all have tours and other activities planned.
This is the first garden walk the North Avenue/Fond du Lac Marketplace Business Improvement District #32 has sponsored. Organizers saw it as an opportunity to engage the community and spotlight gardens bringing together environmental interest, agriculture and the community.
“We’d like to share with the community the importance of having gardens, along with the history and culture that is rooted within them and our BID district in particular, said Tia Cannon, BID #32 manager.
Sr. Edna Lonergan, president of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, agreed. The center’s Bucyrus Campus is a participating site, and she urged parents to bring children along, saying the garden walk “is something for the whole community.”
Participating sites and their activities are:
- Adams Garden Park, 1836 W. Fond du Lac Ave. – Tour, visit information booths of environmental organizations (Milwaukee Environmental Consortium, Wisconsin Conservation Voters; Milwaukee Water Commons; Craftsman Restoration Guild; Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters), enjoy live music by Cigarette Break.
- Alice’s Garden Urban Farm, 2136 N. 21st St. – Tour and learn the history of the area, walk the labyrinth, try yoga, purchase refreshments from local small businesses present, enjoy live music.
- St. Ann Center’s Bucyrus Campus, 2450 W. North Ave. – Tour raised garden beds and the hydroponic “Green Corridor,” experience the Intergenerational Playgarden, sample foods made from edible flowers, enjoy live music by Cream City Folk.