Tag: Urban Gardens
-
STILES Mothers Day: Madam CJ Walker
The Stiles African American Heritage Center hosted a Saturday Afternoon Tea Plant Exchange to honor Madam CJ Walker. Volunteers planted native plants in the garden, focusing on community collaboration without a strict plan. They aim to promote biodiversity and support pollinators, sharing plants and seeds with neighbors to enhance local ecosystems.
-
STILES – Celebrating Mothers: Madam CJ Walker
The Stiles African American Heritage Center will host a Plant Exchange and Mother’s Day card-making event on May 13th from 2-4pm. Attendees can exchange plants significant to them, while honoring Madam CJ Walker’s legacy. Art materials will be provided to create cards celebrating mothers, supported by the Puffin Foundation.
-
STILES – Saturday Afternoon Tea honoring Aunt Clara Brown
The Stiles African American Heritage Gardens honors plant relationships as expressed by prominent historical figures who helped define Denver and the west as we know it today. This tea features plant medicine as practiced by Aunt Clara Brown.
-
Structuring the Stiles African American Heritage Garden II: STONES
The structuring of the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens began with boxing in the oak as a reference to the Underground Railroad and a platform for the collection of plants used as food and medicine by those seeking freedom.
-
Structuring the Stiles African American Heritage Garden I: DOGS
The structuring of the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens began with boxing in the oak as a reference to the Underground Railroad and a platform for the collection of plants used as food an d medicine by those seeking freedom.
-
STILES – Breaking Ground in the Hell-strip
Join us for an open house at the Stiles Center to learn about Aunt Clara Brown and our no-water, stone crevice gardens in the ‘hell-strip.’ Through themed Saturday Afternoon Teas, explore plant knowledge and community insights. The first tea will focus on medicinal plants and Clara Brown’s contributions to healing and community empowerment.
-
STILES – Tearing Out Three Layers of Weed Cloth
After receiving a grant from Denver Arts & Venues PS You Are Here program, we started restoring the land by opening the soil to the sky and moisture after 30 years of being smothered under weed cloth
-
Site Assessment for the Stiles African American Heritage Gardens
An assessment of the existing plants at the Stiles African American Herigate Center in Five Points.
-
The Stiles African American Heritage Gardens
2607 Glenarm PlaceIn the Heart of Five Points, Denver The Stiles Center is open to the public (most) Saturdays from 2-4p. Confirm or set an appointment with Kala: 720-276-0741 2024 Saturday Workshops: Community Based Artworks Follow The StarsCommunity Workshops in the Stiles Gardens Saturdays, April 13th & 20th, 2-4pAttend either session or both Participants will…
-
Congress Park News Fall Garden Column: Leave the Leaves
Fall Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Leave the Leaves in fall to support pollinators winter habitat. In turn, pollinators offer protein rich meals for spring hatchlings.
VOICES 