Great news! The GSCC was featured in a TIME magazine article about the revitalization of Detroit. The online version is live now:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1887864,00.html
and the print version hits the newstands tomorrow!
Thanks to TIME Magazine for featuring us and to our friends at Detroityes.com and sweet-juniper.com for recommending the GSCC to TIME as a positive, uplifting example of the good things happening in Detroit!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Brunch with the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg Hunt FUND / FRIENDRAISER
Georgia Street Community Collective
invites you and your family to join us for an
Easter Egg Hunt
and
Brunch with the Easter Bunny
Saturday, April 11, 2009 Starting at 9:30 a.m.
9352 Georgia Street – Detroit, Michigan
(Mark Covington’s Yard)
Easter Egg Hunts
will be held for 2 age groups:
1 yr – 6 yrs 9:30 a.m.
7 yrs – 12 yrs Immediately after
Please bring a bag or basket
for each child
Brunch with the Easter Bunny
will be held
immediately following the
Easter Egg Hunts
Pancakes & Sausages
Juice, Milk and Coffee
Ticket Prices - ADVANCE SALES ONLY
Easter Egg Hunt........$1.00 per child
Brunch
Adult - 18 & up......$3.00
Child 2-17...............$2.00
Child under 2...........Free (with adult)
Pictures......................$2.00 each
FAMILY DEAL SPECIAL...........$20.00 *
Breakfast for up to 5 people per family any age
2 pictures with the Easter Bunny
Up to 4 children for Easter Egg Hunt
* $3 per additional adult, breakfast only
$3 per additional child, breakfast & egg hunt
Pictures with the Easter Bunny
Why pay more?
Get your child’s
picture with the Easter Bunny
during the Brunch!
Printed and Ready for Pick Up
at the Brunch
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO PURCHASE TICKETS
PLEASE CALL MARK AT 313-452-0684
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Other Two Gardens for 2009
Spring is just a few weeks away (yay!) and we're all very excited to get out and begin work on our Gardens! Yes, gardens! We have three gardens and an orchard this year on 10 city lots.
Below, Cub introduced our newest garden, Holcomb Street Community Garden (Sapphire). But where are the other two?
We have the Georgia St Community Garden, the Diamond Garden, which is located at the corner of Georgia St. and Vinton St. across from the future Community Center and Market. It is our diamond since it is the first garden and where we will be hosting many events this year. It features hundreds of plants in the ground, 18 raised beds, a hoop house for year-round growing, a huge movie screen for viewing films/major sporting events, and a wonderful rock sculpture by our friend Django. The orchard is located across the street from the Diamond Garden and center.
The Georgia St Community Garden II, (Ruby), our smallest garden (only 1 lot) and is located on the corner of McClellan and Georgia Streets.
We decided to name the gardens since all three of our gardens are on Georgia St and it would sound better to call them by a proper name rather than "The garden at Vinton and Georgia." Since these are our hidden gems in the city, we came up with these names. As we grow in the months and years to come, the next ones will have names like Emerald, Topaz, Amethyst, etc. Hopefully we'll soon have beautiful new signs with the names so they're easy to find.
Below, Cub introduced our newest garden, Holcomb Street Community Garden (Sapphire). But where are the other two?
We have the Georgia St Community Garden, the Diamond Garden, which is located at the corner of Georgia St. and Vinton St. across from the future Community Center and Market. It is our diamond since it is the first garden and where we will be hosting many events this year. It features hundreds of plants in the ground, 18 raised beds, a hoop house for year-round growing, a huge movie screen for viewing films/major sporting events, and a wonderful rock sculpture by our friend Django. The orchard is located across the street from the Diamond Garden and center.
The Georgia St Community Garden II, (Ruby), our smallest garden (only 1 lot) and is located on the corner of McClellan and Georgia Streets.
We decided to name the gardens since all three of our gardens are on Georgia St and it would sound better to call them by a proper name rather than "The garden at Vinton and Georgia." Since these are our hidden gems in the city, we came up with these names. As we grow in the months and years to come, the next ones will have names like Emerald, Topaz, Amethyst, etc. Hopefully we'll soon have beautiful new signs with the names so they're easy to find.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Our New Garden
Our new garden will be called The Holcomb St Garden(Sapphire). It is located at the corner of Georgia St and Holcomb St, across the street from my church Christ Word Outreach Ministries.
Our sapphire garden (Georgia St is our Diamond Garden) will be more of a park setting with trees, flowers and benches. We will of course have a large selection of vegetables and we will have a composting area. This garden will be four connected vacant lot's, our biggest and most tranquil.
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Garden is Gaining Media Attention
Exciting news in the Garden! The word about the garden is spreading! Cub & I were on an Internet radio/tv show today in Detroit to talk about the garden & the GSCC's plans for the future. We were on the "Christian Guide" show with Martha Pye, which is found on www.motowngospelradio.com. The show will be available for the next 3-4 days on demand through the "Live Radio" button on the site's main page. Scroll down the page to find the "Christian Guide" show from Feb. 23.
Thanks to our friends at Detroityes.com, we gained even more attention as someone referred us to a blogger at Sweet-Juniper.com, who wrote an amazing article on Cub and the garden. He was also responsible for introducing Cub to a writer from TIME magazine, which is doing an article on positive things in Detroit. The spin is how artists, urban farming and such are bringing life back into the city. The reporter and photographers came out and were very impressed with what we’re doing and have done in such a short period of time. If we make the cut (which I am sure we will since they told Cub that the garden merits its own story!), it will be in this Friday’s issue. So, keep an eye out for Cub in TIME!
Thanks to our friends at Detroityes.com, we gained even more attention as someone referred us to a blogger at Sweet-Juniper.com, who wrote an amazing article on Cub and the garden. He was also responsible for introducing Cub to a writer from TIME magazine, which is doing an article on positive things in Detroit. The spin is how artists, urban farming and such are bringing life back into the city. The reporter and photographers came out and were very impressed with what we’re doing and have done in such a short period of time. If we make the cut (which I am sure we will since they told Cub that the garden merits its own story!), it will be in this Friday’s issue. So, keep an eye out for Cub in TIME!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Let's Get to Work!
Thanks to all who supported the GSCC for our Super Bowl party! It was quite an unique way to watch the big game and see the community come out in force. It was cute - Mr. Boyd, the 80-years-young gentleman who lives across the street from the garden, came out to see what was going on. "I looked out my window and saw all of this," he said. "I had to come over and see what was going on! I never saw anything like this in the neighborhood!" Imagine that. It's February, 30 degrees and there's a huge bonfire, 18-ft big screen tv, 2 tents and about 40-50 people celebrating in the snowy garden. And just think, next year will be bigger and better!
Another way we can make the garden bigger and better is by preparing NOW to get the garden ready for the spring. This task isn't for everyone, though. So, if you're willing to help, we appreciate it! We need your trash. Well, some of it. Here's what is going on.
Even though it’s cold & snowy outside, you can still get ready for planting! All you need is a can/bucket with a lid and you’re ready! We need compost (items that disintegrate easily to create good soil) for the gardens this spring.
Bring all donations to the Georgia Street Community Garden at the corner of Vinton and Georgia. There are wooden bins to the right of the big movie screen by the chain link fence. Drop it off and watch your trash turn into healthy fruits and vegetables this summer!
Materials TO Compost
Ashes, wood, bark, shredded cardboard and newspaper, fruit waste, leaves, peanut shells, peat moss, pine needles, sawdust, straw, shredded stems and twigs, vegetable stalks, coffee grounds, food waste, garden waste, grass clippings and vegetable scraps
Materials NOT to Compost
Meat scraps, fatty food wastes, milk products, bones, diseased plants, treated wood, pet or human waste, ivy, and other weeds
Got questions? Email us and we'll help. Thanks and we'll keep you updated on upcoming events at the garden!
Another way we can make the garden bigger and better is by preparing NOW to get the garden ready for the spring. This task isn't for everyone, though. So, if you're willing to help, we appreciate it! We need your trash. Well, some of it. Here's what is going on.
Even though it’s cold & snowy outside, you can still get ready for planting! All you need is a can/bucket with a lid and you’re ready! We need compost (items that disintegrate easily to create good soil) for the gardens this spring.
Bring all donations to the Georgia Street Community Garden at the corner of Vinton and Georgia. There are wooden bins to the right of the big movie screen by the chain link fence. Drop it off and watch your trash turn into healthy fruits and vegetables this summer!
Materials TO Compost
Ashes, wood, bark, shredded cardboard and newspaper, fruit waste, leaves, peanut shells, peat moss, pine needles, sawdust, straw, shredded stems and twigs, vegetable stalks, coffee grounds, food waste, garden waste, grass clippings and vegetable scraps
Materials NOT to Compost
Meat scraps, fatty food wastes, milk products, bones, diseased plants, treated wood, pet or human waste, ivy, and other weeds
Got questions? Email us and we'll help. Thanks and we'll keep you updated on upcoming events at the garden!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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