INDIANAPOLIS — As part of the new partnership, Growing Places Indy will operate the one-of-a-kind sky farm at the new Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Eskenazi Health campus. The Eskenazi Health Sky Farm will be open to patients, staff and the community as a space to engage with food and learn how it grows, how to prepare fresh produce and why it’s important to health. Items grown at the Sky Farm will also be made available to patients, visitors and staff in various ways at the new campus, opening on Dec. 9. The 5,000-square-foot rooftop garden will sit on the top of the Outpatient Care Center on the Eskenazi Health campus.
Wishard-Eskenazi Health has also formed new partnerships with Fall Creek Gardens, Living Well Community Garden in partnership with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, and the Center for Wellness for Urban Women (CWUW) to create an outreach effort to teach organic gardening methods to those living in Central Indiana. In addition, these partnerships build community involvement in health and wellness.