Growing Community Gardens
in Meridian Township and beyond...

 

Click here for an update! (July 2010)

 

Great 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)
   
• GrowVeg.com  
  (Helpful garden planning tool suggested by Kimm Jayne)

 

Educational Opportunities

•  Garden Project Workshops http://bit.ly/gardenproject
•  Master Gardener Class www.hrt.msu.edu/2010-master-gardener-course/
•  "Let's Garden Lansing" at http://letsgardenlansing.org/
•  Garden Tour! June 26 and 27 Check it out - http://www.glhc.org/HomeTour.html
•  MSU Garden Day!  http://www.hrt.msu.edu/2010-garden-day/
   

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 workshop May 1)
• 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
   
• Healthy and Green Events
   
• 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