The gardens first mural was created by Lauren Lee and Kyllan Maney to enhance and bring more attention to the Mesa Urban Garden site, which at that time was just a large, empty, dirt lot. The beds, gardens, trees, waterlines and more were merely a projected goal at that time. The Mesa Arts Center saw this as an opportunity to bring community together for a site that would ultimately serve some of our core goals for community of overall health and wellness. A community of citizens were brought together with the artists to discuss themes central to gardens and central to the citizens that were living in this downtown community. Ultimately not only did the artists come together in a collaborative piece that demonstrates the beauty of an urban garden, the community was able to interact in the public art making process.