Growing Community Gardens
in Meridian Township and beyond...

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2012 Garden News

• Application for Assistance
  •  existing gardens (affiliated with the Garden Project)  WORD   PDF
  •  new gardens in 2012     WORD   PDF
     
• Garden Leaders Training:  If you are interested in starting a new community garden, or helping to lead an existing community garden, then Garden Leaders Training is for you! It consists of a series of four workshops, all held on Saturdays from 9am-12pm starting in 2012.  It is recommended that you attend all four sessions. The Garden Project also offers start-up funding for new community garden projects. However, Garden Leaders Training is not solely for new gardens, but is also a great resource for gaining leadership skills for existing gardens. To sign up or learn more about Garden Leaders Training please contact Sasha@greaterlansingfoodbank.org or call 853-7809
   
• let's garden lansing
   
• Ingham County MSU Extension  class list
   

Why Do Gardens Grow?  (What the gardeners are saying... from 2011 survey by the Garden Project) 

Resources...

• Community Garden Toolkit 
  (suggested by Anne Rauscher, Garden Project)
  includes helpful info and sample forms
  •  10 steps
  •  benefits
  •  questions to ask
  •  budget worksheet
  •  gardener application
  •  gardener guidelines
  •  land permission form
     
• Community Garden Start-Up Application
  (Garden Project/Greater Lansing Food Bank)
   
• Ingham County MSU Extension Horticulture Resources
   
• GrowVeg.com  
  (Helpful garden planning tool suggested by Kimm Jayne)
   
• Hoophouse Info
   
• Landscaping/Ecological Practices
   
• Presentation at 2011 Michigan Green Communities Confererence (Anne Raucher and LeRoy Harvey)

 

Educational Opportunities

•  Garden Project Workshops http://bit.ly/gardenproject
•  "Let's Garden Lansing" at http://letsgardenlansing.org/

Organizations

• The Garden Project, Greater Lansing Food Bank
• http://letsgardenlansing.org/
• Meridian Garden Club
• Regional Garden Clubs:  See http://bit.ly/gardenclubs   
• The Stewardship Network (native plant gardening workshops)
• Growing Hope
• City Farmer
   

Other Resources

• Starting a garden...
  • Factsheet 1
  • Factsheet 2
  • Urban Harvest
     
• Map of Community Gardens in Greater Lansing
• Green Meridian
   
• Recycling News and Information
   
• Wood Chips?  Several gardens are looking.   Here are some ideas.
   
• suggest a resource!
   

Suggest a link or resource:  Call 853-4466 or harvey@meridian.mi.us