Mounds Park Community Garden is excited to partner with the Saint Paul Southwest Girl Scouts Community to host a special garden day for local Girl Scouts and their leaders. This event is a private gathering designed specifically for Girl Scouts in the Southwest community.

Join us as we celebrate the joy of gardening through hands-on learning and outdoor fun! Activities are currently tentative, but will likely include:

🌼 Composting and soil maintenance: Caring for a garden is a year-round activity. Preparing your beds for winter can keep the soil healthy, and set you up for success in the spring!
🌱 Seed saving and the importance of seed libaries: Expert facilitator with the MNSeed Project, Dawn Lamm will discuss the importance of seed libraries and seed sharing. She’ll guide scouts on a seed saving workshop where they’ll get to take seeds home to plant!
Other activities forthcoming: Stay tuned for more exciting activities!

All Girl Scouts who attend will receive a fun patch to commemorate the day.

Some activities also align with badge and journey steps that troop leaders may choose to build on later:

• Daisy: Between Earth and Sky Journey (with an optional take-home reflection)

• Brownie: Bugs badge (meet local insects and pollinators)

• Junior: Gardener and Flowers badges (native plant education and planting techniques)

• Cadette, Senior, Ambassador: Outdoor Art badges

Please note: This is not a drop-off event. Troop leaders and guardians must maintain proper supervision ratios throughout the event. Need directions? Select this link for the Google Map location of Mounds Park Community Garden.

Sign up here! And stay tuned for details about a fall gardening event in September—coming soon!