Oak Park Art Garden

Oak Park Art Garden is a transformative community-driven public space located in the heart of Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood. Led by Atlas Lab as prime consultant and landscape architect, the project reimagines a long-standing grassroots art and garden space into an accessible, multi-functional destination centered on community gathering, ecological stewardship, creativity, and neighborhood identity.

about the project

The Oak Park Art Garden was cultivated over years of volunteer efforts and community input, hosting native gardens and community-created art installations, yet lacked the necessary infrastructure to support community gatherings and additional programming. In 2021, the Alchemist CDC team put a plan into action to reinvigorate the Oak Park Art Garden by transforming it into a reimagined shared community space aligned with years of community input. In the Spring of 2022, Alchemist CDC was awarded Prop 68 funding, also known as the 2018 Parks Bond Act Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Grant to invest in the development of Oak Park Art Garden as a Small Public Place. The Oak Park Art Garden was the first project proposed by a non-profit rather than a municipal government entity to be selected for this grant award. Prop 68 funds projects which aim to protect, restore, and enhance California’s cultural, community, and natural resources.

Today, the renewed vision builds upon this legacy through the introduction of flexible gathering spaces, ADA-accessible pathways and amenities, integrated art, seating and lighting improvements, edible and pollinator gardens,  and spaces for community-serving organizations, including the Oak Park Tool Library and SABA Bike Library + repair station.

Supported through California Prop 68 funding, the Oak Park Art Garden reflects a collaborative investment in equitable public space, environmental resilience, and community-based placemaking.