Celebrating Camden gardens
By: Monica Colberg 06/01/2008
This year the Camden Gateway Sculpture Garden celebrates 12 years, and Minnesota is 150 years old. How old is Camden? Come and find out, at the “Garden Party” on Sunday, June 29 at 42nd and Lyndale. Take a historical path through the Gateway garden with photos and history, refreshments, and fun for kids. Hear and share stories of life in Camden; from noon to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Camden Garden Club with help from the Camden Community Historical Society and the Minneapolis Sesquicentennial Committee.
Lisa Schnapp-Be1mares
The Dowling and 1-94 garden has been growing and beautifying a little section of our community for the last 10 years. Thanks to the MNDot’s Community Roadside Landscaping Partnership program and the Camden Garden Club, the view has changed. The discarded tennis shoes and tires have been replaced with daylilies, irises, a weeping Norway spruce and a flowering crabapple tree. I enjoy the pleasant change of scenery whenever I pass by, whether leaving or entering our neighborhood.
Jan Caswell
The Triangle Garden at 42nd and Humboldt was planted in 1997, with flowers donated by professional nurseries through Minnesota Green, a project of the Minnesota Horticulture Society. Some perennials came from the yards of Camden Garden Club members and friends. Some flowers were purchased by the garden club, and a few were rescued from city homes scheduled for demolition. Triangle Garden plants include: blanket plants, geraniums, peonies, columbine, Missouri primrose, iris, phlox, hollyhock, rose bushes, yarrow, lilies and one Pasque flower.
Monica Colberg