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  • Collection: Raíces Program History - EcoCulture: Gardens

Bumblebee gathering pollen from an anise hyssop flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and can be used as a healing herb.

Bamboo tomato cage built to support indeterminate type tomato plants that can grow to over 6 feet tall.

Bean patch growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.

Beans drying in their pods.

Three kinds of string beans grown in the Raíces EcoCulture garden in 2016 for biodiversity and a mix of color.

Blackberries forming on a thornless blackberry plant, getting ready to ripen.

Bumblebee gathering pollen from an elcampane flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and the root can be used as a healing herb.

Bumblebees are attracted to elcampane, a flowering perrenial grown around the edges of the Raíces EcoCulture gardens. The root of this plant can also be used as a healing herb.

Bumblebee gathering pollen from an oregano flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and can be used as a culinary and healing herb.

Bowl of cherry tomatoes harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden.

Cherry tomato cluster forming on a tomato plant.

Raíces EcoCulture volunteer Cío Herzog working in one of the Raíces EcoCulture garden plots.

Collard greens growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.

Young springtime Comfrey leaves.

Pole beans and zinnias growing together in a patio container.

Cucumber forming on the vine.

Cucumber blossom with an insect inside.

Fresh harvested dill from the Raíces EcoCulture herb garden laying out to dry.

Echinacea flower in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal healing gardens in August 2017. Echinacea is a perrenial plant that also helps feed a variety of pollinators.

Echinacea flower in bloom.

Ecinacea patch in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal garden. This flower provides food for pollinators and can be used as a healing herb.

The first Raíces beans poking up out of the ground. In the following year we would plant two kinds of red kidney beans, green beans, black beans and white beans.

End of summer tomato harvest ripening on the windowsill.

Tomatoes originated in the Andes, where they grew wild with very small fruits, most likely yellow in color. There are species of tomatoes that still grow wild there today. Tomatoes were…

Beans planted in mounds. The empty mound would soon be covered in black bean plants.
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