Bees Not Blacktop

Como residents started The Talmage Triangle Project over a decade ago in an attempt to change a forgotten and unused paved lot into community gardens. The lot is privately owned by the Vos family who have expressed reservations with the changes the group wants to make. They cite concerns over city ownership and potential curb erosion of their neighboring property, a duplex that they rent out. The Talmage Triangle Project’s next step in overcoming this is a petition to urge support of the garden expansion from Minneapolis City Council members.

Avery Davis, a former Como resident and current MCAD staff, has expressed their support of the petition. They led a watercolor class at the current community garden back in 2024, and would like to hold another. Davis told the Minnesota Daily, “Not only was the current existing space so wonderful for people in that immediate area, but also brought people to the Talmage space to learn about art and to be able to sit and really focus on specific native plants. Having that space be bigger would just expand that impact.”

Learn more

• Time is Running Out to Build a New Como Community Garden
  (mndaily.com—March 13, 2025)
• The Talmage Triangle Project
  (friendsofthegardens.wixsite.com)