Community Garden South

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, located in Wyoming's largest municipal park, Lions Park, is Wyoming's only public botanic garden. It began in 1977 as the Cheyenne Community Solar Greenhouse. It was one of the nation's first large-scale, solar-heated greenhouses, built by volunteers. The project pioneered a garden that provided therapy and meaningful activity to seniors, youth at risk and handicapped volunteers, a tradition that continues today.

The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Community Garden South is placed on an area that was Cheyenne's first reservoir. You can still see the historic wall along the garden's perimeter fence. Plots are tended by volunteers of the Gardens who are in need of gardening space as well as members from the local community. There is also a small nursery that propagates woody plant material for the grounds.

This garden also includes a demonstration of a wheelchair accessible orchard. This is a concept first explored at Kansas State University through their Horticultural Therapy Program. The plants can be totally accessed by someone in a wheelchair. Thus, wheelchair bound individuals can provide for all the maintenance needs of the orchard.

The South Community garden provides surplus food to senior volunteers and also includes a cut flower garden for floral displays throughout the summer.

Below are the steps to the S. Community Garden which was constructed thanks to local Boy Scout, Scott Coffin working on an Eagle Scout Badge.