The (sculpture) gardens of Goodrich Avenue and Leech Street,
as well as the North High Bridge Park

My residential gardens on Goodrich Avenue and Leech Street have been featured on several garden tours including the West End neighborhood garden and history tours in West Seventh Street of Saint Paul. i have researched and written the histories as the origin story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street, the Township/City of Saint Paul, and the Territory/State of Minnesota.

My Website, aginggardens.com, contains images of perennials (by date/month!), as well as ground covers, shrubs, trees, houseplants, and "installations" that represent over 40 years of gardening. Individual entries are pictured from COVID Year 2020, with common and botanical names. They are thriving in Zone 4 in a somewhat sheltered environment, perhaps even Zone 5. They are presented for you to consider as some are quite unusual, perhaps not found at your local garden center.

On June 24, 2011 my Gardens were featured on Channel 11 KARE News at 5 and 6 p.m. Belinda Jensen interviewed me and Steve about the gardens, as well as the local community and its history.

Back when I first bought the house in 1979 the property offered great promise, situated on a point on the bluff. Now only the giant hackberry tree stands from that time, but joined by much hardscape and innumerable plantings.

Over time the gardens have taken on a life of their own.  One friend said that my plants don't bother to put down their roots since they know they'll just be moved anyway. ;-{)

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