Potager

You will eventually make your way to a large outdoor structure, called the Potager.

A potager is a French term for an ornamental vegetable or kitchen garden. The outdoor kitchen structure was completed in the spring of 2016. The Potager includes a stovetop, fireplace, brick pizza oven, picnic tables, and retractable walls to accommodate any event.  Because the Potager is intended to facilitate garden-to-kitchen experiences, the raised garden beds are planted to provide produce for events throughout the summer and fall. Events include a cooking series called Dirt-to-Pot, Dinner in the Gardens, and various other educational programs created to connect people with plants. The raised beds are planted and maintained by volunteer groups.  Each year, the volunteers come up with new themes to keep the gardens bursting with flavor. Plant material collected from the maintenance of the grounds are composted. There is a designated area to the north of the Kitchen Garden to facilitate composting efforts.  The compost made from the waste, is incorporated into the Kitchen Gardens to be used again as nutrients. The extra produce from the Kitchen Garden is donated. Find some tasty vegetables in our harvest baskets on the kiosk just north of the Kitch Garden.