Bruno Vegetable Garden

The Bruno Vegetable Garden is a collection of food plants grown at Birmingham Botanical Gardens for use by Magic City Harvest and for educational programs. The gardens were first developed in 1973, then greatly enlarged in the late 1980s with support from the Bruno's grocery store chain.

The layout of the gardens, designed by Mary Carolyn Boothby, Jody Hamre and Carolyn Tynes, includes seasonal plantings selected for their cultural, food and aesthetic value. Frank Fleming's sculpture "Hare Wearing a Collar" can be found in the garden.

The Master Plan adopted by the Botanical Gardens in 2010 proposes tripling the size of the Bruno Vegetable Garden.

References

• Richards, Tatiana (May 2010) "Magic in the Gardens: The Bruno Vegetable Garden provides food, education and beauty for the community." Birmingham magazine. Vol. 50, No. 5, p. 56

External links

• Bruno Vegetable Garden at bbgardens.org