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Edible Jasper

Main Street

Edible Jasper

Along Main Street

Unfortunately, KPB’s collaborative effort with the Downtown Development Authority was terminated in October 2022. These gardens are no longer on Main Street, but we left the page up because the spaces looked so nice and were a great example of urban foodscaping.

As you stroll down Main Street in downtown Jasper, you’ll notice garden spaces set into the sidewalk. These spaces have housed a variety of plants throughout the years; now Keep Pickens Beautiful and the Edible Jasper Team are slowly transitioning them to edible flowers, herbs, and other beneficial plants.

We aren’t pulling out the live plants, but since most of them are annuals, we’ll replace them with our foodscaping and permaculture plants.

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!

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Edible Jasper Main Street — rosemary, creeping thyme, lemon thyme, and swiss chard

Edible Jasper Main Street — lemon thyme, creeping thyme, rosemary, and swiss chard

Edible Jasper Main Street — We grew some peppers in front of Tacos and Margaritas – we figured it was appropriate 😉

Edible Jasper Main Street — another view of our beautiful swiss chard… it was so happy

Edible Jasper Main Street — rosemary, lemon thyme, creeping thyme, and marigolds

Edible Jasper Main Street — rosemary, parsley, lemon thyme, creeping thyme, and marigolds

Edible Jasper Main Street — swiss chard, sage, and lavender

Edible Jasper Main Street — sage, rosemary, lemon thyme, creeping thyme, and marigolds

Edible Jasper Main Street — lemon thyme, creeping thyme, sage, and marigolds

Edible Jasper Main Street — creeping thyme, lemon thyme, and lavender

Edible Jasper Main Street — The swiss chard grew and grew! Check out the lavender blooms peeking out behind the monster chard 🙂

Edible Jasper Main Street — lavender, lemon thyme, creeping thyme, and marigolds

Edible Jasper Main Street — This parsley made it through the winter and took off in the spring! The lavender in the middle was quickly filling in the middle of the space.

Edible Jasper Main Street — Lavender, lemon thyme, and marigolds filled this space!

Edible Jasper Main Street — The swiss chard on Main Street grew larger than we could have imagined! The creeping thyme was quickly growing to serve as an excellent ground cover.

Edible Jasper Main Street — Check out that monster swiss chard! Plus some sage and lavender in the background.

edible jasper main street — These little guys are just the beginning….

edible jasper main street — Since we were planting in an urban space, we focused on using ‘tough’ plants that could handle some abuse.

edible main street — Check out the little starts!

edible jasper main street — These starts were added in October 2021.

edible jasper main street — Since it was late in the season, we focused on cold-tolerant plants.

edible jasper main street — Here are some baby cabbages.

edible jasper main street — These little babies will continue to grow into the fall and winter.

edible jasper main street — We also planted kales and swiss chard.

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