Cloverleaf Pizza and 25 Pounds of Pure Community Magic
What a day! I rolled up to the Eastpointe Community Garden just after 10 AM thinking we’d have a nice, low-key harvest morning. Boy, was I wrong – in the best possible way. Already in Full Swing Katie was already deep into harvesting the U-Pick Garden when...
Sometimes You Just Need to Slow Down (And Watch the Bees)
Saturday, August 2nd was one of those perfect garden days that reminds you why we do this whole community thing in the first place. Shay and I rolled up just after 10 AM to find the kind of summer weather that doesn’t make you want to immediately retreat to air...
Heat Wave Heroes: Garden Party Recap from July 26th
Okay, let’s be honest here – last Saturday was HOT. Like, so hot that I ditched my usual gardening hat and sun shirt in favor of pure survival mode. Anything outside of the shade felt like being under a magnifying glass in all the wrong ways 🔎🔥 But did...
Whiteboards, Wheelbarrows, and Wonderful People
You know those Fridays when you check the group chat and… crickets? Bill and Jen are off living their best vacation life, and honestly, not too many folks had committed to showing up Saturday morning. So Shay and I figured we’d roll up with zero...
Love Life Church, New Volunteers, and the Saturday That Had Everything
Holy smokes, what a day! If you weren’t at the Eastpointe Community Garden today, you seriously missed out on some next-level community magic. We had 32 volunteers show up, harvested over 25 pounds of fresh produce for the community, and somehow managed to get a...
Beat the Heat: 95 Degree Days Don’t Phase Us
You know what they say about the best-laid plans? Well, Mother Nature decided to throw us a curveball the day after July 4th – a scorching 95-degree heat wave that had most sensible folks camped out in front of their air conditioners. But not the Urban Seed crew:...
What a Day! Our Garden Party Was Pure Magic
Y’all, I’m still buzzing from everything we accomplished at today’s garden party! What started as another Saturday morning at the Eastpointe Community Garden turned into one of those days that reminds me exactly why I love this work so much (I feel...
Heat Wave: Our First 90-Degree Day of 2025
Holy humidity, Batman! Mother Nature decided to throw us our first official 90-degree day of the season today, and let me tell you – it felt like gardening inside a slow cooker. But you know what? Our amazing community showed up anyway, and honestly,...
Girl Scouts, Native Plants, and All Kinds of Community Magic
You know those weeks where everything just clicks? Where the garden feels absolutely alive with energy and new faces and the kind of community connections that make your heart happy? Yeah, we just had one of those weeks at the Eastpointe Community Garden, and...