Youth and Art Garden

The garden on the southwest corner of the Roosevelt Center property has a long history in Red Lodge, dating back to when the building was still active as a school. Over the years, many community volunteers and local kids have had their hands in the garden's soil. If you would like to volunteer, please fill out the Roosevelt Center Volunteer form and mark Youth & Art Garden. We will contact you.

Current needs are in late May to help plant with school-age youth.

Opportunities For Involvement

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Join us on June 8 & 9, 2026 for two community planting days from 11am-1pm to help plant remaining garden seeds.
Volunteer Carpenter Needed: Flexible timeline to build 5-7 benches from recycled snowboards and tree stumps. Email youthandartgarden@rlacf.org to learn more.

Youth & Art Garden Newsletter

Solar Flower Power

Perched atop recycled Miami Beach Chairlift towers donated from Red Lodge Mountain, with custom steel support structures inspired by flower pedals in the garden below, a 12-panel solar array was brought online at the Roosevelt Center in June 2024.

Fun Fact: In one year, our 18,000 kWh/year system makes enough juice to charge 830,135 smart phones. Click here to view a live feed showing the array's current and historical electricity output. The Roosevelt Center is thankful to have had such wonderful sponsors and local installers that helped see the solar project to fruition, including:

NorthWestern Energy
Generous Anonymous Donor
Red Lodge Mountain
Sundance Solar
Back Alley Metals
HMH Electric
Red Lodge Tree Service

Special thanks to Red Lodge Area Community Foundation for its "Imagine If" Community Grant. Huge credit is also due to Jannette and Jim Swanson, local volunteers who spearheaded the garden's new layout in 2023 and continue to manage and lead the community gardening efforts.