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The '''Arlington-West End EcoScape''' is a community garden on [[Cotton Avenue]] at [[9th Street Southwest]] in the [[Arlington-West End]] neighborhood. Opened in September [[2004]] the garden is designed for passive recreation and outdoor education. Flowerbeds and mosaic paving serve as a foreground for vistas across the neighborhood. | The '''Arlington-West End EcoScape''' is a community garden on [[Cotton Avenue]] at [[9th Street Southwest]] in the [[Arlington-West End]] neighborhood. Opened in September [[2004]] the garden is designed for passive recreation and outdoor education. Flowerbeds and mosaic paving serve as a foreground for vistas across the neighborhood. | ||
Partners in the garden's development were the [[Arlington-West End Neighborhood Association]], [[Baptist Medical Center Princeton]] and [[Birmingham-Southern College]]'s [[Southern Environmental Center]]. | |||
Serving as a landmark for the garden is '''House Flower''', an 18-foot-tall flower sculpted by [[Christopher Fennell]] from recycled roofing and timbers from a century-old home in Nectar. | Serving as a landmark for the garden is '''House Flower''', an 18-foot-tall flower sculpted by [[Christopher Fennell]] from recycled roofing and timbers from a century-old home in Nectar. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.bsc.edu/sec/ecoscape/arlington. | * [http://www.bsc.edu/sec/ecoscape/arlington.cfm Arlington-West End EcoScape] at bsc.edu/sec | ||
* [http://www.cfennell.org/pages/hf.html House Flower] at cfennell.org | * [http://www.cfennell.org/pages/hf.html House Flower] at cfennell.org | ||
Latest revision as of 09:21, 12 October 2010
The Arlington-West End EcoScape is a community garden on Cotton Avenue at 9th Street Southwest in the Arlington-West End neighborhood. Opened in September 2004 the garden is designed for passive recreation and outdoor education. Flowerbeds and mosaic paving serve as a foreground for vistas across the neighborhood.
Partners in the garden's development were the Arlington-West End Neighborhood Association, Baptist Medical Center Princeton and Birmingham-Southern College's Southern Environmental Center.
Serving as a landmark for the garden is House Flower, an 18-foot-tall flower sculpted by Christopher Fennell from recycled roofing and timbers from a century-old home in Nectar.
References
- Nesbitt, Charles. (September 10, 2004) "EcoScape in bloom". Birmingham News
External links
- Arlington-West End EcoScape at bsc.edu/sec
- House Flower at cfennell.org