The Landa Community Garden is located on the west side of the grounds of the Landa Branch of the San Antonio Public Library. It was started in the Fall of 2007 as the result of a series of community meetings facilitated by the Landa Gardens Conservancy.
The current design and medieval theme came from the existing geometric layout of the garden. A medieval garden has four components: beauty, fragrance, medicinal and culinary. The garden is comprised of the distinct areas of Beauty and Color, Herbs, Medicinal, Grasses and Culinary. Some flexibility was introduced to the design by allowing the mixture of culinary plants in with other beds and allowing a selection of plants agreed on by the gardeners.
After many Saturdays of preparation by digging out the old beds and refilling with soil and the paths with gravel, the gardeners planted the first seeds in early Spring 2008. The garden will change with each season and as other community members become involved and incorporate their ideas.
The Landa Community Garden is a place of creativity, education, diversity, relaxation, and good health. We welcome a variety of talents to maintain the best garden possible: Planners, Laborers, Waterers and Weed-Pullers, to name a few. Volunteer work days take place on the second Thursday morning of each month, more often if needed. The Garden is open to the public and we welcome all to enjoy its beauty and bounty.
If you would like to volunteer with our Community Garden, please email info@landagardens.org.
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
