A Tomato Grows in Wheaton
Brookside Gardens creates an edible display for donations and education.
The newest display at Brookside Gardens is far more than a pretty sight. It's appetizing. So appetizing, in fact, that field corn, fruits and herbs have gone missing, taken by visitors, leaving only a hole in the soil. This year, the gardens are using their trial beds near the conservatory entrance to plant and harvest food, a new theme for a garden than has featured dahlias, candy plants and pollinating plants in the past. Alongside a main vegetable garden bed are "great grains" — field corn, rice patties and wheat — and "sweeteners" — from stevia plants to sweet potatoes. After a full summer in the sun, the trial garden is rivaling the gardens' collection of flowers and plants. "We wanted to show a beautiful garden can also be functional…
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