Community Gardening
Como community gardens come in all shapes, types, and sizes. You can find more information at each specific garden webpage. if you want to join our cadre of community gardeners, contact [email protected] for help determining which garden is the best fit for you. Or else just show up at one of our many workdays or work nights ready to get your hands dirty (although gloves and tools are usually provided).
Como’s Community Gardens:
- Accord Garden: 15th Ave and Como Ave SE
- Como Corner: 22nd Ave SE & Como Ave SE
- Diverter Garden: 15th Ave and Talmage Ave SE
- FairShare Farm: 22nd Ave SE & Fairmount Ave SE
- Marshall Field Pollinator Patch: 13th Ave SE & Como
- Poolside Pollinator Garden: Van Cleve park
- Talmage Crossing: 21st Ave SE & Talmage Ave SE
- Talmage Triangle Rainwater Garden
Past Events sponsored by SECIA:
- Como Cookout
- SE Como Bike Fest
- Como Clean-Up
- Global Game Night
- Open Eye Theatre at Van Cleve Park
- UMN Raptor Center at Van Cleve Park
- Loft Literary Center classes
- Heart and Soul Drum Academy
- Brazil Arts Twin Cities Carnival
Current Como projects:
- Utility Box Art Wraps – SECIA is working to wrap neighborhood utility boxes with nature photos taken by residents and printed on anti-graffiti vinyl
- Diverter Garden – Como is turning the diverter at 15th Avenue and Talmage Avenue SE into a rain garden with native plants which will retain and filter precipitation where it falls