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B.E.E. is located behind the Eastern Health Clinic and is not visible from the clinic.
Park in the far right parking lot. There is a Red Rock trail sign and a gravel trail leading into the garden.
Park in the far right parking lot. There is a Red Rock trail sign and a gravel trail leading into the garden.
Birmingham Eastside EcoGardens (B.E.E.) is a two-acre regenerative ecosystem where neighbors come together to grow healthy food, restore native habitat and reconnect with nature. Our garden site uses permaculture practices and includes a pollinator meadow, food forest, culinary and medicinal herbs and is part of the Red Rock trail system along Village Creek.
Birmingham Eastside EcoGardens (B.E.E.) is a two-acre regenerative ecosystem where neighbors come together to grow healthy food, restore native habitat and reconnect with nature. Our garden site uses permaculture practices and includes a pollinator meadow, food forest, culinary and medicinal herbs and is part of the Red Rock trail system along Village Creek.
A brief history
The EcoFarm was established by the Jefferson County Department of Health and Birmingham Southern as an Ecoscape in 2009. The goal for the EcoFarm was to transform a field of invasive plants to an edible landscape classroom for nearby schools and surrounding communities. Due to financial resources, the project ended and in 2012, Birmingham Eastside EcoGardens (B.E.E) began to steward the EcoFarm. Working with only a few volunteers, we began to clear invasives, maintain and expand the established garden, and surrounding Greenway Trail overlooking Village Creek.
The EcoFarm was established by the Jefferson County Department of Health and Birmingham Southern as an Ecoscape in 2009. The goal for the EcoFarm was to transform a field of invasive plants to an edible landscape classroom for nearby schools and surrounding communities. Due to financial resources, the project ended and in 2012, Birmingham Eastside EcoGardens (B.E.E) began to steward the EcoFarm. Working with only a few volunteers, we began to clear invasives, maintain and expand the established garden, and surrounding Greenway Trail overlooking Village Creek.
