Meridian Co-Op Gardeners-KLEINER PARK

Meridian Co-Op Gardeners-KLEINER PARK Building community through gardening together and growing food for families since 2012. Kleiner Park in Meridian, Idaho.

The garden is a collaborative effort between the City of Meridian and the Meridian Co-Op Gardeners, and is located in the Julius M. People of all ages and backgrounds garden together and share in the harvest. Excess produce is donated to three local food banks. The community garden has become a key space in the park and a simple, powerful way to create and build community, engage others in importa

nt issues of sustainability, gardening education, and food insecurity. We maintain a waiting list for those people who would like to join us in the future.

How is your garden growing? I always think gardens look the best the third week of June. The plants are growing, and t...
06/24/2026

How is your garden growing? I always think gardens look the best the third week of June. The plants are growing, and the hot crops are starting to flower and produce fruit. But following the third week we experience higher temperatures, the bugs start showing up (we pulled squash bugs off of pumpkins and cantaloupe last night), powdery mildew happens, and tomato problems start to appear. We are seeing some tomatoes with leaves curling up (often caused by environmental stress—heat and overexposure to sunlight, viral diseases, over pruning, and under watering). We are keeping an eye on a handful and have plans to replace a few.

It was time…nearly 500 heads of garlic were harvested tonight. They had beautiful roots and sized up nicely. Garlic is...
06/24/2026

It was time…nearly 500 heads of garlic were harvested tonight. They had beautiful roots and sized up nicely. Garlic is planted in the fall (for us it’s mid October when our season is coming to an end). It is usually harvested by July 4 when 1/2 or more more of the foliage turns brown and dries up. This year it was June 23rd.
We weeded and amended the beds with compost. They are ready for the next crop to be planted Saturday.

For succession planting you have to keep thinking ahead…and counting backwards from the first average frost date (mid Oc...
06/22/2026

For succession planting you have to keep thinking ahead…and counting backwards from the first average frost date (mid October). We have about 110 days left in our growing season.

We have watermelon, onions, bok choy, sunflowers, kale, cabbage, cucumbers, and yellow squash starts to plant. There is still time to plant seeds directly into the garden.

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. Here we are at the peak of the growing season. We have already c...
06/21/2026

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. Here we are at the peak of the growing season. We have already celebrated a handful of lovely harvests. We are starting crops for fall planting (escarole, lettuce, cabbage and kale) and succession planting where we can. Garlic is coming out soon and we have a plan to plant watermelon in those rows. There’s still plenty of time to plant heat loving crops like beans, squash and cucumbers from seed).

We had a quick and very wet workday in the garden. We needed to harvest the early round flat Dutch cabbages before they...
06/20/2026

We had a quick and very wet workday in the garden. We needed to harvest the early round flat Dutch cabbages before they split. One was a whopping 8 1/2 pounds. We also harvested lettuce and onions.

It’s raining. Meridian didn’t get missed! Much needed rain fell in the garden this morning. We are thankful.
06/20/2026

It’s raining. Meridian didn’t get missed! Much needed rain fell in the garden this morning. We are thankful.

Now’s the time to fill a few more pots or holes in the garden. 50% off
06/18/2026

Now’s the time to fill a few more pots or holes in the garden. 50% off

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1805 N Venture Road
Meridian, ID
83646

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+12089540723

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