125 children and youth rush to the Carpenter Art Garden after school each day to be with their friends, family, volunteers, and staff. Our team includes three neighborhood residents who are catalysts for change, influencing a new generation of leaders who are transforming their neighborhood. We also have a staff of neighborhood teenagers through our Teen Job Hub.
Carpenter Art Garden’s campus is located on Carpenter Street between Johnson and Mimosa — the main walking path between Cornerstone/Lester Prep School and a large housing development. The stability of our spaces, which many children call home, allows us to consistently meet the needs of neighborhood youth.
The Carpenter Art Garden campus
The Art Garden
The Art Garden is our original outdoor creative space. Children gather here weekly to create art, build relationships, and experience performances.
Purple House
Our multipurpose, indoor space hosts small group art and music lessons, computer access, community meetings, and a laundry co-op for families.
Carpenter Street Workshop
This workshop space provides vocational training in bike mechanics, sewing, and cooking. It’s also home to a community bike shop.
Community Gardens
The two gardens provide skills training, community building, and a space for families to grow healthy eating options.
Aunt Lou’s House
This little house is devoted to our educational programs. Outdoor tutoring rooms were designed and built as an extension to the indoor space in partnership with the University of Memphis.
Mosaic Garden
A community-led public art project that honors former Binghampton residents.
by Trayvius Butler, Art Garden founding member
This place is a wonderful place
This place is an encouraging place
This place is a place of hope
Which is the place I can come to joke
This place is full of joy
This place is where your love can’t be destroyed
This place is the place where no one is wrong
This is the place I call home
Our first Fall in the Garden with Brianna and Trayvius, Art Garden founding members