The Mino Aki Community Garden

The Mino Aki Community Garden was begun in the mid 1990s by a group of students who carried a vision of a community space where students could learn while connecting to the earth and each other. The vision of the garden is to involve the community in the production of sustainably grown organic foods, thus fostering a deeper appreciation and knowledge of the production processfrom planting to harvesting to preparing delicious and nutritious dishes with friends. The year 2008 marked the beginnings of a new direction for Mino Aki as the garden coordinated with the Outdoor Orientation program to provide abundant amounts of produce for the fall trips.

This year, the garden is growing beans, beets, carrots, chard, corn, lettuce, spinach, 4 types of winter squash, yellow summer squash, zucchini, snap peas, turnips, potatoes, cabbage, leeks, onions, cucumbers, sweet peppers, hot peppers, tomatoes, basil, and cilantro.  Recently, the garden made plans to expand, adding plots which will be rented out to the community for a small fee. The vision for the future of the Mino Aki Garden carries with it a new and fresh hope for growth and expansion in the coming years.