There’s a community garden in Downtown Mesa that I’d heard about but hadn’t been to until my sister-in-law Liz was in town.
Isn’t it funny how you tend to see more of your city when someone is visiting?
Anyway, after lunch at Republica Empanada (at Hibbert and 1st Ave.), she asked about the gate next to the restaurant that leads into the Mesa Urban Garden, and we went to check it out.
I wasn’t expecting to see much, because August in Phoenix is rough on plants and only the most hardy survive. But there were still a fair number of things growing – veggies and vinca and this gorgeous trumpet vine with orange flowers and long green pods.
The garden is surrounded by walls with colorful murals, and there’s a Little Free Library made from an old phone booth.
I’ll definitely have to return later this fall!
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