Nonprofit groups and have partnered to create Raleigh's tiniest park aimed at highlighting green spaces.
The park is actually called 鈥淩aleigh鈥檚 smallest park.鈥� It's made up of 3D mushroom stools and two large sunflowers built with recycled materials throughout.
鈥淲e just thought it was a really fun space to kind of add some beautification to the side of the street and just have like, some fun seating options and make a micro destination and a place that would serve as fostering community connection conversation,鈥� said Lucy McInnis, director of events and business at the Downtown Raleigh Alliance.
Raleigh鈥檚 smallest park also connects to the mural 鈥淧arks for the People,鈥� which was painted last year.
鈥淚 believe it represents the healing nature of parks,鈥� said Trey Roberts with Dix Park Conservancy, after Friday鈥檚 ribbon-cutting ceremony. 鈥淚t has hidden imagery of our history in it as a mental health facility, as a former Native American hunting-gathering space, and as a former plantation.
The park is located on South West Street in downtown Raleigh.
