Whiteley Creek Homestead

Plain and simple… I am drawn to food co-ops. The Seward Co-op on East Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis and the surrounding Seward neighborhood are especially fun. The free-spiritedness flowing through the area is evident in the oversized wall art that spans the Seward Co-op's interior front wall… 

and in the native and wildflower plantings that have replaced traditional grass lawns in the front yards of many homes. The movement has really taken off in the Seward neighborhood where there are so many beautiful yards planted in wildflowers. I especially liked the steeply peaked roof and arched stonework over the front door entrance on this house. It made me think that gnomes live there. The garden makes a walk to the front door seem magical.