Buckeye Learning Farm 2015

Scenes from my visit today to the Buckeye Learning Farm on Woodland Avenue. A group of students were working on growing the crops -- tomatoes, several varieties of peppers, squash and corn, among others -- and enjoying one another's company. Top and bottom photos, my tour guide Elonte, a nice, soft-spoken young man. It is Elonte's second summer working at the farm.

Buckeye Farm Market

The Cleveland Botanical Society's Buckeye Farm Market is a remarkable development, a fully functioning farm growing fruits, vegetables and flowers in a formerly empty lot on Woodland Avenue. A bright high schooler named Aaron gave me a tour last week when I stopped for my weekly purchase of produce. The market, which seems to have earned a lot of regular customers, is open for business every Tuesday from 2 to 5:30 p.m.

I just love the urban farm movement in Cleveland!