On the corner of 5th St. and Chipeta Ave. near the Central Library, the Discovery Garden is Mesa County Libraries’ lovely outdoor space. Fully open to the public, it offers the community beauty, fresh produce, and examples of permaculture and xeriscape design.
This is a working garden with ongoing projects and an open-ended collaborative atmosphere. It has beautiful flowerbeds, mature fruit bushes, and a productive vegetable patch ready to be admired!
Our low-water design areas–with xeric, crevice garden, and native plant beds–are artfully curated by a long-time volunteer, and contain many gorgeous plants that excel in dry places. Many of these are in full bloom, attracting a variety of native pollinator insects.
Currants, cherries, and goji berries are all ripening fruit in the Food Orchard!
The vegetable patch is full of spring crops. Snap peas, lettuce, bok choy, mustard greens, and kale are ready to pick, with more coming soon!
Our sand pile, toys, and picnic table under the shade structures are a main attraction for kids and adults–a great place to socialize, play, and relax.
Come by, pick peas, admire flowers, or play in the dirt! The library’s Discovery Garden is fertile ground for growing food and building community, and you can join our volunteers to help tend this unique public resource. Open daily, dawn to dusk.
–David Woodbury, Garden Coordinator
