About | frogtowngreen

What is Frogtown Green?

Resident-Led
NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY

Frogtown Green is a volunteer-powered, resident-led group that began with Frogtown Park & Farm. From 2009 to 2012, we campaigned for the preservation of 13 vacant acres in the middle of our neighborhood and its conversion into a public park with an urban farm. Since that success, we have created six more parklets and gardens; planted hundreds of trees; and 8,000 square feet of pollinator habitat; sponsored dozens of events, and collaborated with friends all over Saint Paul.

From this...

....To This!

Kid-friendly

Frogtown Green manages space for young gardeners.

Pro-pollinator

Frogtown Green is creating a massive butterfly-and-bee-friendly garden at West Minnehaha Rec Center

Placemaking

Frogtown Green participates in festivals and parades

Collaborative

Frogtown Green collaborates with gardeners in public housing and schools

Communal

Frogtown Green manages a 40-bed community garden called Our Village

Festive

Frogtown Green loves a nice hat

Informative

Frogtown Green keeps people up to date through newsletters and social media

Frog-A-Riffic

Frogtown Green sponsors a summer water stewardship program called FrogLab

Tree-hugging

Frogtown Green's volunteer Tree Frogs have planted more than 400 new trees

How It started

It all started with a crazy idea about a farm...in the city. Here's an interview with Frogtown Green's founder and director, Patricia Ohmans. (Recorded by StoryCorps in St Paul, 2016)