Grow Burnsville = Food Forest & Market Garden- Sponsored by the City of Burnsville
September 9, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Burnsville Food Forest
75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville
Grow Burnsville Food Forest
75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville
Stop by the new food forest located next to the Garage on Civic Center Parkway. Staff will be on hand to show you the variety of fruits, nuts, and herbs that are growing.
These plants are available for the public to harvest at any time throughout the growing season.
Grow Burnsville Market Garden
260 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville
The Grow Burnsville Market Garden – located 1/2 mile south of City Hall on Civic Center Parkway – will be open for garden tours, harvesting, and tasting samples from the garden.
The Market Garden produces over 700 pounds of produce each summer to donate to local food shelves. Garden Interns will be on hand to share about the garden mission and the good work they are doing as well. Join us!
More about the Grow Burnsville projects:
The food forest was planted in 2021 as part of the Grow Burnsville initiative.
A food forest is a diverse planting of edible plants, including fruit trees, fruiting shrubs, and herbs.
These plants are available for the public to harvest throughout the growing season.
Grow Burnsville is off to a strong start thanks to a first place grant award of $125,000 from the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABHFA) for their 2021 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards.
View Press release (PDF)
Collaboration
The Parks Frameworks Plan provides an opportunity to repurpose park space at Civic Center Park. The warming house and outdoor ice rink were slated to be removed sometime in 2021-2024 and we are able to combine the Frameworks Plan and Grow Burnsville to create a space to better serve our community.
