Another Hot Sunday, Another Amazing Day at South Warren!
Hey garden family! We had scorcher at the South Warren Community Garden last Sunday! I showed up just after the crew had gotten started, dropped off a cooler with ice for everyone, and managed to grab some photos of the fantastic materials the Macomb County Health...
16 People, Perfect Weather & One Amazing 82-Year-Old
Y’all, I’m still buzzing from yesterday’s garden party at South Warren! Seriously, I keep thinking about it and grinning like an idiot. We had another one of those days that reminds you exactly why we’re doing this whole community garden thing....
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...
South Warren’s FIRST HARVEST Just Happened!
A little birdie told me that South Warren might be having their very first harvest today, so Shay and I grabbed the scale from Eastpointe and rolled up around 10:30 – and boy, were we right! The Magic Was Already Happening When we arrived, the garden was buzzing...
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...
Week 3: Building Infrastructure and Discovering Biodiversity
What a Sunday! Our third weekly garden party at the South Warren Community Garden proved that momentum is definitely building. When Shay and I rolled up at 10 AM with supplies from the Eastpointe shed, I was genuinely surprised to find folks already hard at work on...
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:...
Week Two at South Warren: 16 Volunteers and Growing Strong
I rolled up to our new South Warren Community Garden around 10 AM yesterday, expecting to find maybe a couple early birds getting started. Instead, I found Jeff already deep into lawn mowing duty, and honestly? That pretty much set the tone for the entire day. The...
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...