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...
Our First Garden Party at South Warren – What a Day!
Bottom line up front: We absolutely crushed it! Despite 90-degree heat and not even having all our beds ready, 16-20 amazing humans showed up to make magic happen at our brand new South Warren Community Garden. This was community gardening at its finest, folks! The...
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...
Warren Community Garden – New Beginnings
Our Story In early spring of 2024, a few friends decided they wanted to do something for their South Warren community. They wanted to build a space that would encourage people to come together and form bonds over something inarguably good and helpful. In the search...
When Pancakes Meet Dirt Piles and Everything Just Clicks!
Okay, y’all – I’m gonna be real with you. I was running late today (life happens, right?), but walking into the garden at noon was like stepping into the most beautiful organized chaos I’ve ever seen. The Pancake Situation That Started It All...