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City Sprouts is a community garden, urban farm, and educational resource center in the Orchard Hill neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1995, City Sprouts is the oldest community garden in the city. The organization is registered as a 501(c)(3) not-for profit entity. The stated mission objectives of City Sprouts are: [1]
Today, the Big Garden is a network of over 100 community gardens in metro-Omaha and rural and semi-rural communities in Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa---and growing! The second annual " Tour de Gardens " was held in Omaha in 2014 with approximately 100 bicycle riders visiting 8 gardens and a root facility .
The establishment of the Omaha Stock Yards and the platting of South Omaha made the land where the poor farm was located desirable for developers. A boom in real estate in the vicinity led commissioners to the idea of platting the east fifty acres of the poor farm and selling the lots to raise the necessary funds for the new county hospital.
The festival garden, with colorful annual plantings and open lawn expanses, is the site of several annual events; the Victorian garden combines characteristics of both English and Victorian gardens; the Song of the Lark Meadow is reminiscent of Nebraska's prairies and is filled with wildflowers and the 4-acre (1.6 ha) arboretum and bird ...
Nebraska Wesleyan University: Lincoln: Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum: Nebraska City: Doane College Osterhout Arboretum: Doane College: Crete: Governor Furnas Arboretum: Brownville: Gilman Park Arboretum: Pierce: Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum: Falls City: Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's Botanical Center: Omaha: Maxwell Arboretum ...
The mansion functions as a museum and contains many items related to the early history of Nebraska, Otoe County, and Nebraska City. The park includes an arboretum, Italian terraced garden, log cabin, carriage house with early carriages, walking trails, and 200 varieties of lilacs. [6]
The Nebraska Farmer was the first agricultural publication in the state and is, at present, one of the oldest run journals in Nebraska. This publication is still highly influential in the making of agricultural policies and procedures in Nebraska and surrounding Great Plains states. It is owned by media company Penton.
The Nebraska Rural Radio Association is a radio broadcast network in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It was formed in 1948 with the goal of bringing information to farmers and ranchers in the state, including daily grain and livestock markets, weather and farm reports. Its first station, KRVN (AM), was started in 1951.