About Us
We’re transforming an abandoned and neglected city-owned property in south city St. Louis into a healthy neighborhood space to provide low- and no-cost food to the community.

Help Us Go From This
4405 Fyler Avenue has been abandoned since at least 2011 and so overgrown it is near impossible to enter.
In 2015, it was deemed blighted with unanimous consent of the Board of Aldermen.
Since that time, only one offer to purchase it was accepted, and abandoned, while property prices in the neighborhood have skyrocketed.
Due to its size and location, it not ideal for residential, industrial, or commercial investment.
Soil tests = fertile soil, but elevated levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead (like much of STL).

To This
1,200 feet2 of garden beds
700 feet2 of native prairie & play space
400 feet2 of covered community space
22 fruit trees
180 feet2 of berries
270 feet2 of grapes
175 square foot pumpkin patch
Native grasses and flowers throughout
Why?
The pandemic has made painfully clear several problems that we feel can be alleviated through this community-based urban farming project.
1. We are constantly digitally connected yet physically isolated, but…
We can intentionally strengthen existing, and create new, communities rooted in the physical natural environment
2. Our food and other systems break down too easily, but…
We can create resilient, self-sufficient local systems
3. Inequitable access to fresh, healthy food, but…
We can strengthen networks of urban farms and food distribution to ensure that everyone has access to low- or no-cost fresh, healthy food
4. Inequitable access to a healthy natural environment, but…
We can help heal our urban environment and mitigate future risks to ensure that everyone has a healthy local natural environment
How You Can Help
We’ve made great progress over the past six months!
We acquired the land, formed an LLC to manage the farm, performed legal due diligence, and consulted soil experts and the research literature on how best to extract and isolate soil contaminants.
Now we need your help to realize the dream!
Financial Donations
We are looking to raise $15,000 before summer, 2022 to clear the land, begin soil remediation, build the initial garden beds, bring in clean soil, and create a new community space.
If you believe in this project as much as we do, please support our GoFundMe campaign!
Sweat Equity
If you’re the hands-on type, we could really use your help with…
- Felling trees and clearing land (#1 ask right now!)
- Moving dirt & mulch
- Digging a hole
- Swinging a hammer
- Planting seeds and starters
- Building beds, structures, and play space
If you’d like to help, Join our mailing list and we’ll be in touch!
Materials & In-kind Donations
We’d like to reuse and upcycle as much material as possible, so if you have any of the following laying around, let us know and we’ll take it off your hands!
- Large raised beds or containers
- Gardening supplies (shovels, wheelbarrows, power tools)
- Hardscaping (bricks, pavers)
- Large untreated dimensional lumber (2x12x8+)
- Sheds / shelters
Expertise
We’re experienced gardeners and active members of community organizations and nonprofits, but we’re only a few people right now and we need you to join the effort.
If you have experience in any of the following or are otherwise interested in joining the team, please let us know!
- Farming
- Community outreach, communications, marketing
- Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- Food preparation, preservation, distribution
- Legal and business services
Community Building
Do you like the project and want to be a part of a new community venture but are unsure how to help? Some additional ways you can include:
- Spreading the word through social media, personal and professional networks
- Introductions and warm handoffs with other organizations
- Helping with children, family, and community activities on community garden days
- Connecting us to others who would like to pursue a similar venture
- Anything and everything else that we haven’t mentioned or thought of yet!
Everyone is welcome, so join our mailing list and we’ll make sure you’re included as we build the newest Tower Grove South community space!
Help us create a stronger, greener, more equitable St. Louis!
Our Team

Amy Grailer | Co-founder
As a speech language pathologist with the Special School District, Amy Grailer has over a decade of experience helping children with special needs reach their full potential. She is the founder of the green committee at Brentwood Early Childhood Center, where she spearheaded a campaign to eliminate the use of over 10,000 plastic utensils each year, expand student vegetable gardens, and incorporate onsite, schoolwide composting. She was recently awarded two grants to fund vermicomposting and the purchase of adaptive tools so that children with special needs can fully participate in gardening activities. She serves on the parent-run green team of Lafayette Preparatory Academy, is a lifelong resident of Tower Grove South, and is a member of the Connect Tower Grove South Community Garden.