The Little Garden On Top of a Pump Station

A once-boring municipal pump station gets a green makeover. See how the Madison Water Utility turned unused rooftop space into a downtown community garden.
The Little Garden On Top of a Pump Station
The Crowley Station rooftop, which sat unused for decades, is now home to a community garden.

Just about every day Danna Olsen works in her garden, carefully weeding and watering. It's not a big garden, but it's hers.

"I like it that it's small," she says, hovering over her flowers, tomatoes and herbs, watering can in hand.

But Olsen's garden isn't in a yard or even...

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