Since moving into and later purchasing the three small buildings in Anacostia that it uses as its headquarters and shares with others, the LGBTQ youth-run company and community services center Check It Enterprises has maintained and improved a parcel of land behind its buildings known as the Secret Garden.
Hidden by the streets and buildings surrounding it, the 3,900-square foot parcel of land directly behind the Check It buildings at 1918, 1920 and 1922 Martin Luther King Jr.
Ave., S.E., has been used by local neighborhood businesses and community groups as a vegetable garden, home to honey producing beehives, a space for outdoor concerts on a small wooden stage, and a popular community meeting space with tables where families share meals.