About the Community Garden
About Our Garden
The Community Garden is an outgrowth of Tracy Ore's long-time work as a community organizer and her research on sustainable agriculture and food justice. St. Cloud State University set aside land along Fifth Avenue on the west end of campus and dedicated funds for tools and other start-up needs.
The garden builds bridges between the University and the larger community.
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Garden Goals
- To create a beautiful green space for all to enjoy
- To create connection between people and the land
- Community building
- To share food and ideas
- To provide access to land
- To preserve land, culture and tradition
- To educate and expand knowledge about:
- Sustainable agriculture
- A variety of cultural foods and flowers
- Gardening processes
- Food preparation
- Natural environments and organic practices
Statewide Recognition
In 2014, WCCO viewers chose the St. Cloud State University Community Garden as the best community garden in Minnesota.
St. Cloud State staff, students and faculty, and St. Cloud community members, are creating a unified network to envision, plan, plant, tend and harvest food and flowers.
Life Lessons Cultivated in a Garden
Drawing on her experiences over the last ten years of cultivating a community garden in Central Minnesota, Tracy Ore’s talk addresses the life lessons that have emerged from her journey which began with a search for community and ended in places she never imagined.
Watch Dr. Tracy Ore present at TEDxGeorgeSchool in 2015 and hear about the ten lessons the community garden teaches.
