Meridian Co-Op Gardeners-KLEINER PARK

Meridian Co-Op Gardeners-KLEINER PARK Building community though gardening together and growing food for families. Kleiner Park in Meridian, Idaho. Excess produce is donated to three local food banks.

The garden is a collaborative effort between the City of Meridian and the Meridian Co-Op Gardeners, and is located in the Julius M. People of all ages and backgrounds garden together and share in the harvest. The community garden has become a key space in the park and a simple, powerful way to create and build community, engage others in important issues of sustainability, gardening education, and

food insecurity. We maintain a waiting list for those people who would like to join us in the future.

Next Generation Organics gave us a lovely donation of cauliflower seedlings a month or so ago. We planted them close to...
06/23/2025

Next Generation Organics gave us a lovely donation of cauliflower seedlings a month or so ago. We planted them close together because we really didn’t have a place to put them. They are growing very well, not making heads yet, but maybe soon.

I think having them close together has helped shade the ground to keep the soil temperatures cooler.





The flowers are beginning to bloom. We are hoping to have enough flowers to share later in the summer. We look forward...
06/23/2025

The flowers are beginning to bloom. We are hoping to have enough flowers to share later in the summer. We look forward to scheduling flower cutting events.

The Evergreen bunching onions are a favorite. They are about 60 days… so we plant them out every month throughout the s...
06/22/2025

The Evergreen bunching onions are a favorite. They are about 60 days… so we plant them out every month throughout the season.

The small butane torch is the bomb! The head of squash bugging, now 10 (has been leading the charge against these bugs ...
06/21/2025

The small butane torch is the bomb! The head of squash bugging, now 10 (has been leading the charge against these bugs and eggs for years😊) and loves this new tool. He can tell me at anytime during our workday exactly how many squash bugs he has removed. This is perfect for torching the eggs with very little damage to the leaf!

What an absolutely beautiful workday and harvest. We focused our first thirty minutes on squash bug hunting and caging ...
06/21/2025

What an absolutely beautiful workday and harvest. We focused our first thirty minutes on squash bug hunting and caging tomatoes. Our harvest was quite large: beets, broccoli, bunching onions, cabbage, 1 cucumber, escarole, herbs, jalapenos, kale, lettuce, Walla Walla onions, and a few zucchini with a portion going to the Meridian Food Bank.

We pulled out broccoli plants (which have slowed down and broccoli was starting to taste slightly bitter). We weeded and amended the area with compost. Watermelon will be planted next. Today we planted more lettuce, onions, a few banana peppers, and summer squash.

Pepper rows are filling in nicely. Peppers are planted close together, almost holding hands. They create a natural supp...
06/21/2025

Pepper rows are filling in nicely. Peppers are planted close together, almost holding hands. They create a natural support for one another, along with a bit of shade to prevent sunburns😊. We did plant the Whopper Jalapeño plants individually using small wire cages for support. I want to see if it makes any difference on yield.

This is our third year partnering with Farmer Aaron. The potatoes look great. Tonight we weeded, hilled up dirt around ...
06/21/2025

This is our third year partnering with Farmer Aaron. The potatoes look great. Tonight we weeded, hilled up dirt around the base of the plants, and put down leaves and woodchips between potato rows (but not in irrigation rows). We also helped cover sweet potatoes with frost cloth with the predicted cooler overnight temperatures.

06/21/2025

We appreciate the generosity and gift of plants from Five Mile Farms & Greenhouses. They have supported a number of local community gardens with their remaining veggie plants at the end of their season. This is a tremendous help to these gardens as we try to fill in the holes. This allows us to donate more to local foodbanks. Today, Kleiner Park picked up more squash and melon plants that will fill in when the cabbage comes out. Thank you Jamie and Brian for taking care of us.

Boise's Premier Neighborhood Nursery Specializing in Hanging Baskets, Pots, Bedding Plants, Perennials, Herbs & Vegetables

06/20/2025

Run don’t walk!

It’s the little things… summer squash, more radishes, jalapenos, the little flowers covering the miniature yellow bells,...
06/20/2025

It’s the little things… summer squash, more radishes, jalapenos, the little flowers covering the miniature yellow bells, and the melon is starting to sprawl! AND I noticed a few buds on our dahlias. Somebody asked me today if it was too late to plant stuff. NOPE! IT’S NOT TOO LATE!

Take advantage of the end of season sales at your local nurseries and put a few plants in the ground.

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1805 N Venture Road
Meridian, ID
83646

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+12089540723

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The garden is a collaborative effort between the City of Meridian and the Meridian Co-Op Gardeners, and is located in the Julius M. Kleiner Park in Meridian, Idaho. We garden together and share in the harvest. Excess produce is donated to the Meridian Food Bank and Community Ministries Center in Boise. The community garden has become a key space in the park and a simple, powerful way to create community, engage others in important issues of sustainability, gardening education, and community action. We have limited spaces for participation. Please contact Juli at [email protected] or call 208-954-0723.