Garden of Eatin'

Year Opened: 2009
Garden Designer: Sally Guthart

The Garden of Eatin’ is a 1-acre site dedicated to edible plants and crops, including vegetables, fruits and herbs. This garden serves as a living classroom, providing ideas and demonstrating crops appropriate to grow in Northern Colorado.

This fproduction-oriented garden maximizes space for optimal and diverse food production for culinary classes and donation to the Food Bank for Larimer County. Organic gardening techniques are utilized.

Featuring:

Outdoor Teaching Kitchen for culinary class demonstrations
Raised beds, including one that is wheelchair accessible
Fruit tree orchard with varieties of plum, sour cherry, pear, apple and peach
An array of small fruits, such as honeyberry, grape and blackberry
A Pollinator Garden designed to highlight the importance of pollination in the food supply chain
Themed beds, including the International and the Continental United States Gardens
Herb Garden teeming with culinary plants, such as saffron, thyme, sage, lavender and basil