We are fundraising to add purple martin houses to our native wildflower garden at 1098 Forrest Avenue (Martin Meadow) in Carnes Galloway Gardens neighborhood.  We believe that we have a good opportunity to attract these beautiful, migratory birds to Martin Meadow from their winter home in South America. Each spring the purple martins migrate north to nesting grounds in North America. They nest as far north as Canada.  Many nest in purple martin houses provided by residents in Memphis.

Our wildflower garden has the right conditions for attracting martins to nest there.  It is open enough to accommodate the way martins swoop into their houses from high in the sky.  It is less than two miles from a body of water; Wolf River to the west, Kilowatt Lake to the north and Rainbow Lake to the east.

We have created a wildflower garden from a vacant lot, so it is no longer a reminder of what was lost.  We want to make it Martin Meadow by adding purple martin houses so these beautiful birds will come to nest there each spring.