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#NorthDakota - Southwest #FargoND nature park site moving along, eyeing 2027 phase 1 completion
The Southwest Pond Regional Recreational Area will offer #NatureTrails, restored natural habitat and possibly an urban fishing spot in the future.
By Robin Huebner
August 02, 2025 at 5:30 AM
FARGO â "What will be a new regional recreation area in southwest Fargo is beginning to take shape.
"The Fargo Park District has received a more than $520,000 Outdoor Heritage Fund grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission for its portion of the Southwest Pond Regional Recreational Area.
"The grant program is funded with oil and gas production tax revenue and supports projects related to outdoor sporting, stewardship practices, fish and wildlife preservation and outdoor recreation areas, the district said.
"A partnership between the park district and city of Fargo, the project stretches from 52nd Avenue South to 64th Avenue South between Veterans Boulevard and a farm field off 45th Street.
"Park Director Tony Schmitt said it includes 160 acres of park land to be restored to upland prairie and wetlands, providing habitat for deer, pheasants, ducks and other migratory birds.
Nature trails and concrete trails will weave alongside a sprawling, 40 acre pond."
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"The land will be seeded with native grasses and flowers, Schmitt said. Benches and interpretive signs offering information about the surrounding environment will go up and trails will go in."
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#Swedenâs Secret to Well-Being? Tiny #UrbanGardens.
By Ingrid K. Williams, July 13, 2025
"On an unseasonably warm June morning in Stockholm, Stina Larsson, 98, stood among fragrant lilacs, lilies and lavender, inspecting the garden that she has tended for more than 40 years. Rabbits had been nibbling the nasturtiums, she noticed, and there were weeds that needed pulling.
"Larssonâs garden, situated on a postage stamp of land beside the Karlbergs Canal, is one of more than 7,000 garden allotments, known as #kolonitrĂ€dgĂ„rdar, in Stockholm. The gardens, established as part of a social movement around the turn of the 20th century, offer city dwellers access to green space and a reprieve from crowded urban life.
"Though most are modest in size â Larssonâs garden is about 970 square feet â kolonitrĂ€dgĂ„rdar are prized for providing a rare kind of #UrbanSanctuary, a corner of the city where residents can trade pavement for soil and the buzz of traffic for birdsong.
"The garden programs were specifically designed to improve the mental and physical health of city dwellers, said Fredrik Björk, a lecturer at Malmö University who specializes in environmental history.
" 'The idea was that a working-class family would be able to spend the summer there and work together but also have some leisure and fun,' Björk said on the phone from his own kolonitrĂ€dgĂ„rd in Ărtholmen, a garden association in Malmö that dates back to the 1940s.
" 'In those days, there was lots of heavy drinking,' Björk said. But at the garden colonies, he said, 'instead of drinking alcohol, you would grow potatoes.'
"The health benefits of gardening are well established, both for the physical activity and for the time spent in nature. Cecilia Stenfors, an associate professor of psychology at Stockholm University, said her research shows that those who frequently visit green spaces, whether a forest or a kolonitrÀdgÄrd, 'have better health outcomes, in terms of fewer depressive symptoms, less anxiety, better sleep and fewer feelings of loneliness and social isolation.'
"These positive effects can be particularly pronounced in older people and can help combat symptoms of age-related mental and physical decline. Maja-Lena SÀfström, 80, who owns a cotton-candy-pink cottage in a garden association outside of Uppsala, said she had seen many wellness benefits from having a kolonitrÀdgÄrd.
" 'When youâre in an apartment, you donât move much, but if you have a garden, you move around in a different way, and that makes you feel better,' she said. Garden associations can also help foster social connection, SĂ€fström explained, giving residents a chance to meet other people with similar interests."
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