The garden outside of the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum was planted shortly after the museum first opened in 2002. The garden project was launched with help from a grant from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation as a way to promote health, particularly among native tribes.

The students, who originally planted and tended it, also wanted the plot to serve as a reminder of Haskell’s early years, when children were taken from their homes to “educate and civilize” them into the European way of life.

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Unfortunately, after the initial grant funding expired, the garden became overgrown and neglected, but is being painstakingly reimagined and restored by the Haskell Greenhouse.

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For more information on the gardens and how you can be part of this project, please reach out to the Haskell Greenhouse via their Facebook page here.