I live about a block and a half away from Crabtree Farms in a residential neighborhood called Clifton Hills. I often walk my dogs to the gates of Crabtree Farms and back, so we all get a little exercise.
When I walk out the door, I walk up the slightly sloped road called Clifton Terrace Alley to Clifton Terrace where I walk one time around the Clifton Terrace loop and then take Clifton Terrace down to East 30 Street and toward Crabtree Farms. My route back is to walk along East 30th Street back to Crescent Circle and then home.
Whenever Crabtree Farms hosts an event, like their spring plant sale coming up soon, I walk over to check things out. A few years ago, I wrote an article about their plant sale, and I learned a lot about the history of the land associated with today’s Crabtree Farms.
According to their website and my previous interview with staff, the land that Crabtree Farms is on has been in agricultural use for over 200 years. It was originally stewarded by Native Americans, that is until the Trail of Tears when they were forcefully removed…