The Enos Park Neighborhood Garden

09/03/2026

Reminder, today our hours shift to 8-10 because of the excessive heat. We'll try our best to stick to the shade!

Photo caption: Our mushroomery produced these lovely shiitakes last week!

09/02/2026

Stats time! We now stand at 1757 pounds of produce harvested in 2026, and a whopping 2218 combined visitors and volunteers for the year! In our 15th season in 2026, we will definitely set some records for both our engagements and the amount of produce we've raised. And we couldn't do it without you! Thank you!

Photo caption: collecting snails in the garden.

09/02/2026

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09/01/2026

Many thanks to the SIU med students who joined our regular core group of volunteers for this morning's harvest and garden work—heat advisory edition! We were quite warm and sweaty when we were done, but we did it! Our main garden work today was taking out spent garden plants. You can sure tell it's September. Bye bye collards, broccoli, cucumbers and a few tomatoes!

We'll be open 8-10 on both Thursday and Saturday for volunteering. Reminder, there is NO free farmers market for the rest of the season!

08/31/2026

Due to the heat this week, we're going to meet 8-10 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for volunteering time. We will NOT have a free farmers market on Saturday as our last one was last week.

If you are looking for produce, our come and pick garden out front is available anytime. Otherwise, our volunteers get first pick of the harvest, and we'll donate to Kumler Outreach Ministries and the Breadline if we have a surplus.

08/29/2026

A huge THANK YOU to the nearly 60 people that came out to our LAST Free Farmers Market of the season! Between all the volunteers and visitors we had a great morning! Thank you all!!

08/29/2026

Join us this morning for our LAST FREE FARMERS MARKET OF 2026! Gate opens at 10. We'll have freshly harvested organic produce, a tasty sample, free native pollinator plants, a visit by Jonas the therapy dog, and cut flowers for a bouquet for you to take home. Help us celebrate the close of our market!

08/28/2026

Tomorrow is our LAST FREE FARMERS MARKET for 2026! Join us for freshly picked organic produce, free native pollinator plants, Jonas the therapy dog, and cut flower bouquets!

08/27/2026

Join us today from 9-11 for our gardening together time! We'll aim to tackle weeding our strawberry patch again in hopes that our 2027 U-pick is the fullest and healthiest it can be!

Photo - a swallowtail butterfly enjoys the zinnias.

08/25/2026

Join us today from 9-11 for our gardening together time! The plan is to harvest for Kumler, then start removing some of our spent plants, like our cucumbers and brassicas. The weather is gorgeous! Let's enjoy it together outside!

Photo - Partridge Pea, an annual native.