Locations.

Below are a few Urban farm location and details.

Earthworks Urban Farm
Capuchin Soup Kitchen
1264 Meldrum, Detroit, MI 48207.
earthworks@cskdetroit.org or 313-579-2100 ext 204.

Any one can volunteer during lunchtime. From 9 to 12:30.
You can also schedule tours.

“As a society, we have become dangerously disconnected from the land and the sources of food that sustain life. We have detached ourselves from the real source of wealth - a respectful and reverent relationship with the land.

In 1997, Brother Rick Samyn felt a calling to start a garden at his workplace, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. The response was overwhelming and positive. That small plot of land grew into what is our Urban Farm project today.

Earthworks Urban Farm seeks to restore our connection to the environment and community in keeping with the tradition of our spiritual patron, St. Francis. It is a working study in social justice and in knowing the origin of the food we eat. This project relies on the gracious donations of time from volunteers and materials from sponsors. Neighbors and friends of all ages, incomes and faiths join us in our work. We hope that you will visit us and see what a special project Earthworks Urban Farm has become.”


The Greening of Detroit
1418 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48216

The Greening of Detroit is located in downtown Detroit on the north side of Michigan Avenue, just one block east of the old Tiger Stadium.
Greening of Detroit Business Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30-5:00 EST
Phone: 313.237.8733
Fax: 313.237.8737
Email: info@greeningofdetroit.com

“The Greening of Detroit, is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization, established in 1989 to guide and inspire the reforestation of Detroit. Our latest strategic plan reflects commitment to a clear sense of direction that will guide the organization's development over the next five years.

A new vision was established, expanding The Greening's mission to guide and inspire others to create a 'greener' Detroit through planting and educational programs environmental leadership, advocacy, and by building community capacity.”


Detroit Agricultural Network

“The Garden Resource Program is an effort to provide hundreds of home, school and community gardens access to resources and information in order to empower Detroit residents to grow, harvest, prepare, and preserve food for their families in their backyards and neighborhoods. Participants in the program receive basic resources for their garden, including seeds and Detroit grown transplants. Participants also become part of a growing network of community, school and family gardeners and garden advocates working to promote and encourage urban agriculture and community gardening across the city. Through participation in this larger network, gardeners gain access to additional resources, technical assistance, and educational opportunities.

For a nominal fee, participants receive quality seeds and plants for their garden, subscription to the Detroit Farmer's Quarterly Newsletter and opportunities to access additional resources and participate in other valuable educational series and training workshops. In 2008, over 169 community gardens, 40 schools and 359 families received support from the Garden Resource Program. Through the program, participants received 32,320 seed packets and approximately 129,360 DETROIT GROWN plants and successfully produced thousands of pounds of food in the city.'”

Cluster Groups

“Participants of the Garden Resource Program are invited and encouraged to participate in one of 8 Garden cluster groups, which are based on geographic region within the city of Detroit, Highland Park & Hamtramck. The purpose of the cluster groups is to connect gardeners and urban farmers living and working in the same area of the city in order to provide a support network and access to additional resources. Additional resources in 2008 included tilling, soil testing, compost, wood chips, mulch, weed fabric, tool sharing, volunteers and more!”

Wed, Oct 7th, Edgeton Community Garden, 7165 Edgeton, W. of Van Dyke, S. of Davison, 5:30-7:30PM

Sat, October 3rd, Pennsylvania Sylvester Community Garden, 3856 Pennsylvania, E. of McClellan, N. of Mack 4-6PM

Wed, Sept 30th, Catherine Ferguson Academy, 2750 Selden, 5:30-7:30PM

Tuesday, Sept 29th, Conely Library, 4600 Martin, N. of Michigan, 5:30-7:30PM

Saturday, Sept 26th, Rosedale Park Baptist Church, 14161 Heyden at Kendall, w. of Evergreen, 1-3PM

Thursday, October 1st, Sherwood Heights Community Garden, 19767 Cranbrook, just W. of Wyoming, you must check in at guard station 5:30-7:30PM

Saturday, September 26th, Pilgrim Village Community Garden,15575 14th St, S. of Puritan, 10-12

If you are a resident of Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck and would like to join the Garden Resource Program, please contact Lindsay Turpin, Garden Resource Program Coordinator, 313-285-1249 or lindsay_detroitagriculture@yahoo.com

For all other inquiries, please contact Ashley Atkinson at 313-237-8736 or aatkinso@umich.edu


Catherine Ferguson Academy and Farm
2750 Selden St
Detroit, MI 48208-2544
(313) 596-4766‎
(313) 596-4773‎ - Fax

The AdaMah'nitoba Project
born out of UD-Mercy
Alon Weinberg
adamahnitoba@gmail.com
204-783-3559

Our Lady of the Rosary
5930 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202-3594

Office (313) 875-2719
Facsimile (313) 872-0758
Rectory (313) 875-6011
Convent (313) 875-2716

“Take the Rosary Community Garden run by Sister Joan Baustian just off Woodward Avenue. The nun operates the garden with the help of a group of neighborhood kids and provides enough fresh vegetables to feed six neighborhood families.”

Michigan State University Extension
Thomas G. Coon, Director
Agriculture Hall, Room 108
Michigan State University
East Lansing,
MI 48824-1039
Phone: 517-355-2308
Toll Free:1-888-MSUE-4MI
(1-888-678-3464)
Fax: 517-355-6473

“Since its beginning, Michigan Extension has focused on bringing knowledge-based educational programs to the people of the state to improve their lives and communities. Today, county-based staff members, in concert with on-campus faculty members, serve every county with programming focused on agriculture and natural resources; children, youth and families; and community and economic development.

Today’s problems are very complex. Solutions require the expertise of numerous disciplines and the collaboration of many partners. Operating synergistically with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and other Michigan State University units, MSU Extension extends the University’s knowledge resources to all Michigan citizens and assists them in meeting their learning needs through a variety of educational strategies, technologies and collaborative arrangements.”


These are all the locations that pertain to the Urban Farming organization.
http://www.urbanfarming.org/

Alger
Ardmore
Birney Middle School
Birwood 1
Birwood 2
Blackstone
Blight Busters Artist Village Garden
Boston
Boys and Girls Club
Bradford Academy
Broadstreet (2009)
Brush
Burt
Cascade 1
Cascade 2
Central High School
Christian Guidance
Denby Center Salvation Army
Elmherst 1
Elmherst 2
Family Victory Fellowship
Farwell Park
Fenkel and Mendota
Fox 2
Gateway
Georgia 1
Georgia 2
Hague
Helen
Hubbel (Brotherly Love)
Kettering High School
Knodell
Labelle
Levy Middle School
Linwood and Gladstone
Martin Luther King and Third
Martin Luther King and Third, #2
Marygrove College
Mendota
Michigan State Fairground
Mumford High School
Operation Get Down
Pierson
Randolph Technical Center
Seymor
Smith Housing Projects
Stoepel
Strathmore
Trinity
University Prep Academy
Washburn
West End 1
West End 2
West End 3
West End 4
Yellowstone 1
Yellowstone 2


Some 80 community gardens are part of the Detroit Garden Resource Program, run by four groups: The Greening of Detroit, the Detroit Agricultural Network, Michigan State Extension, and Earthworks Gardens at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.

Then there’s the community garden at John R and Alger Street. The bucolic garden-scape sits on what used to be an abandoned lot and dumping site, says Ashley Atkinson, program director for The Greening of Detroit.