Native Perennial Plant Workshop

2401 Marcus Street,Lansing MI 48912

23 September, 2021

Description

Want to create a native paradise for pollinators? Join us for step by step instructions and your own set of native plants to take home. Interested in converting that unused garden plot or street right-of-way into a native perennial paradise for pollinators? Come join us and hear step by step instructions on how and what to plant, and leave with enough natives to cover a 4'x10' area ($36-$50 value). If the cost of registration is a barrier for your attendance, please email [email protected] for a waiver. The Garden Project was started in 1983 by early organizers of the Greater Lansing Food Bank who wanted to create a longer-term solution to the problem of hunger and to promote gardening as a vehicle for community development. Initial emphasis on growing for food pantries has shifted to a focus on families’ growing for their own household use. Gardener participation has grown each season and we now work with over 2,500 households. In the last several years, the Garden Project network has blossomed to 125+ community garden sites over a 7-county region, with over 33 acres in production. The network includes school and church gardens as well as gardens at housing complexes, community centers and allotment style gardens where families are growing their own food.