New Community Garden Growing Relationships, Neighborhood Spirit

Another community garden is growing in Lincoln Square, and its first harvest is just weeks away. 

Swedish Covenant Hospital will soon see the fresh veggies in a new garden, located at Carmen and California avenues. 

With the help of the Peterson Garden Project, more than 30 plots were available for residents this spring. The PGP is a nonprofit, volunteer organization that's created gardens and hosted educational workshops throughout the North Side. 

Their newest location opened up an entire experience for one family.

Swedish Covenant Community Relations Manager Jenise Celestin started a plot with her husband and 4-year-old daughter. 

"The rewards had much deeper roots than the vegetables we harvested and served up for dinner," she wrote on her North Side health blog. 

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Residents aren't the only ones reaping the benefits from the garden. A few plots are reserved for the county's local Community and Economic Development Association. Those veggies are given to women and children who can't always get fresh food. 

The hospital's garden is the seventh for the PGP. Since 2010, more than 2,600 gardeners have planted seeds in 664 plots in the area.