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This local garden is a great place to pick up flowers

Louise Knight-Gibson
A picture of a big open space with a gravel path through the grass to a covered open tent. There's a big blue sky with big white clouds.
Louise Knight-Gibson

If you have driven by the end of South Prospect, there’s a good chance you’ve seen this garden. The Urban Gardens Company is a roadside stand that sells an ever-rotating array of flowers, herbs, and other treasures right from their garden throughout the season. When they open for the day they’ll put out a big flower flag and signs that say what is available that day.

A picture of a big open space with a gravel path through the grass to a covered open tent. There's a big blue sky with big white clouds.
Louise Knight-Gibson

Currently they have mixed bouquets, potted basil, garlic, loofa sponges, and sunflowers. When you drive up the short gravel road, there’s a tent, with all the produce in big buckets and a drop box to pay. It’s based on the honor system but they also have a scan code for venmo. 

A big cork board with papers covering it. In front is a table full of baskets of flowers.
Louise Knight-Gibson

Urban Gardens Company
3009 S Prospect Ave
Champaign
Th-M 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Looking down at a bench with buckets of a wide variety of flowers. With a blue piece of paper that says $10 small mixed bouquets (this table only)
Louise Knight-Gibson

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