The first garden on Quesada has grown into a network of community-defined public spaces.

The Bridgeview Garden sits atop a mural by Malik Seneferu and Heidi Hardin

The Latona Garden walnut tree is beloved by those who can climb it and those who'd rather leave that to Latona youth.

Korner(s) has gone plural as locals expand the first garden and green other spaces at the intersection.

The Palou project is emerging fast. Once a dump...soon to be a treasure!

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Quesada Gardens is a network of beautiful people and places. Don't miss the median strip gardens and art projects on the 1700 block of Quesada, the Bridgeview Teaching & Learning Garden (Bridgeview & Newhall), the Latona Community Garden (Latona & Thornton), Palou Community Garden (Palou & Phelps), Old Skool Kitchen Garden (Key & Bayview Hill trail), and Krispy Korners (Crisp & Shafter). You may not see food-producing gardens in Bayview backyards or at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, or know that neighbors also produce Bayview Footprints Local News. But Quesada Gardens neighbors are behind it all.

It all started in 2002 when Annette Smith and Karl Paige started planting flowers and vegetables here and there around the block. Other residents jumped in to help them, and to create art, share history, organize block events, and commit to working together to strengthen the community where they live. Together, they changed their world, and inspired all those around them.