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Nature in the City art expo comes to Rochester Public Market

Nature in the City art expo comes to Rochester Public Market
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City Hall seeks to grow Rochester's urban farms and gardens

PHOTO BY JACOB WALSH
Marketview Heights resident Ashley Smith wants to convert a vacant lot on Mona Street into a community garden. Where many in the Marketview Heights neighborhood saw problems with the vacant, city-owned lot at the corner of Forester and Mona streets, Ashley Smith saw promise.
The 6,700-square feet of nothing had sat idle for years, a monument to a broad lack of investment in the neighborhood. But Smith, a mother of three, envisioned a community garden that she believed would beautify the block, instill pride, and put healthy food on the tables of her neighbors.
“It’s just vacant and all it does is get mowed,” Smith said. “But there’s so much potential to have areas for children to read books and even go and do your homework. Just a safe space with flowers and gardens.” ....

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