Pickens Progress Parking Lot

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The Pickens Progress parking lot

The gardens in the Progress parking lot were begun in 2011 by the Sustainable Pickens group, but they were never completed nor were they maintained. KPB has refreshed and expanded them! Be sure to swing by when you’re at the north end of Main Street, especially during fig and berry season!

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Photos are in reverse order with the most recent first so you can see the garden today. Be sure to scroll down to see how it’s grown!

fig brown turkey — We added another fig tree to the fourth garden space. In a few years, we’ll have a fig-feast!

basil, lavender, and rosemary — The basil is also sprouting! We’ll soon have a full and happy herb garden!

cilantro — The cilantro in the front herb garden is growing!!

blueberries — Be sure to come back in the spring and summer to get some blueberries!!

blueberries — Blueberries and mulch…. what an improvement! (you can see the big fig in the next garden)

blueberries — Check it out after the grass was removed and the blueberries were added!

the next fruit garden — This is the blueberry space, before the blueberries were added.

thyme, lavender, and golden fennel — This thyme has been here for many years and loves it! We added a lavender, and the golden fennel is giant!

basil, lavender, rosemary, and thyme — The other cleared space has been seeded with basil. We also added lavender, rosemary, and thyme!

cilantro and more — In one of the cleared spaces, we seeded cilantro and added some lemon thyme.

rosemary — This rosemary has been here for a while! It’s so happy! The golden fennel behind the rosemary is also very happy!

Pickens Progress herb garden — This garden was started in 2011 so some plants are established. Much of the space had grown over with grass so we cleared it out and replanted.

Edible Jasper Pickens Progress

strawberries — New strawberry plants were donated by a Pickens County resident for the Edible Jasper gardens. If you have plants to donate, please contact us with the form below.

clearing the garden for strawberries — The Edible Jasper team removed all the grass to prepare for a new strawberry garden.

figs — The fig tree has grown immensely and produces lots of delicious fruit. People come from throughout the community to enjoy them!

fig tree - celeste — The fig tree planted by Edible Jasper in 2011. It originally had companion strawberries that were repeatedly cut by maintenance crews so they didn’t survive.

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