The Lafayette Square Community Garden, created in 1997 at the corner of Park and Dolman Avenues in Lafayette Square, is dedicated to developing community, healthy eating and to the generation of wild ideas and imaginings among its gardeners. In past years, gardeners have grown a multitude of vegetables, spices and annual flowers; there have been paper makers, natural dye makers and herbalists. Whatever your interests, we welcome you to join us on a first come first served basis.
The Lafayette Square neighborhood was able to acquire the garden in perpetuity as a pocket park and community garden from the City of St Louis in 2007, placing it in the Gateway Greening Land Trust and in our hearts forever.
The agreements we made to allow the Garden to remain a green space were to maintain the beauty of that corner, increase the number of beds, (7 beds in 2007 and 5 beds in 2010), create a grand entryway along Park Avenue utilizing columns and iron fencing, and make the green space available for all to enjoy by maintaining a green park-like setting, which would allow for the running of kids and dogs at Community Garden events and fundraisers.