Date & time: Saturday, July 27 – 10:00am to 12:00pm

Cost:
Free

No Registration required.

Event details:
Enjoy a special guided tour of the food forest at Bloomingdale Gardens. This bountiful community garden is nestled in the heart of Fort Wayne in the Bloomingdale Neighborhood. Bloomingdale welcomes everyone to the garden. Bring your own picnic and a container for harvesting from the garden. 

For more information, email mcook.swcd@gmail.com or call (260)484-5848.

Travel Tip:
Bloomingdale Gardens is located at the corner of High Street & Wells Street just north of downtown Fort Wayne in the Bloomingdale Neighborhood.

Bloomingdale Gardens
The full-fledged urban community demonstration farm showcases conservation practices, like crop rotation, with six raised garden beds, educational signage, a food pantry and more. The gardens boast native plants, conservation gardening techniques, fruit and nut trees, berries, vegetables, herbs and more. It grows both annual and perennial plants, ranging from blackberries and persimmons to indigenous Pawpaw trees and heritage and heirloom and culturally significant plants, like Gaspé flint corn grown by the Micmacs (a Northeast Native American Tribe) and Mexican sour cucumbers. The food is free for anyone to harvest anytime and is also donated to Trinity United Methodist Church.

The garden is maintained by dedicated neighborhood volunteers as well as area students and organizations. Seeds for the garden are donated by neighbors, the Purdue Extension Office, and the Allen County Soil and Water Conservation District, or collected from the garden to reuse. The gardens are open to the public 8 a.m.-8 p.m. for self guided tours.