Growing Hope, the nonprofit that empowers people to learn and teach skills related to farming and gardening, has officially planted its own seeds that have taken root at 922 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti. Supporters gathered Saturday for a grand opening celebration for the Growing Hope Center, the organization's home, ...
Lots of plant sales are coming up in the greater Ann Arbor area in the next month. Sales hosted by local community gardening organizations and garden clubs provide healthy, hardy plants, most grown right in our area, at good prices. The proceeds also benefit gardening programs in our community.
The latest statistics about the health of Washtenaw County residents might surprise you. Twenty-two percent of adults in the country reported being diagnosed with depression in 2010, and 14 percent reported 10 or more poor mental health days in the month before they were surveyed. Overall, the general health of ...
Ypsilanti nonprofit Growing Hope has announced its seventh annual Hope's Harvest fundraiser. The afternoon garden party fundraiser will take place on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 from 3-6 p.m. at the Growing Hope Center, at 922 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. The event will feature a strolling dinner prepared by local chefs, ...
If you're looking to add some plants to your garden this year, stop by one of the many plant sales in our area, starting this Friday.
You could say Roy Finny and Growing Hope have grown up together. Six years ago, the Ypsilanti teen discovered the then-fledgling non-profit organization when representatives came to his science class to do a demonstration on growing plants in a bottle. With his enthusiasm for the program evident, he became manager ...
As demand increases for locally and sustainably grown food, Karl and Cara Rosaen created RealTimeFarms.com to help users all over the nation navigate local scenes, according to an article in Concentrate, a local online magazine.
Growing Hope is looking for a new home for Ypsilanti's Downtown Farmers' Market, according to the Ypsilanti Citizen. The market, which is organized by the non-profit group Growing Hope, has been held in the parking lot of the Key Bank at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street since its first season ...
Hosted by Corner Brewery, Ypsi Farmers Market has four more market days and they are going to be INDOORS! (wait a minute, indoors means warm and dry, that's great!) (Growing Hope sent out this release.) WINTER Ypsi Farmers' Market coming up! Indoors! Sad that Farmers' Market season has come and ...
Farming has usually been reserved for those in the country. Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley is trying to change that. Habitat, along with community gardening organization Growing Hope, has worked for three years to establish a community-supported garden on Firwood Street in Ypsilanti.
Food Gatherers, The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Growing Hope, Project Grow Community Gardens, Avalon Housing and Washtenaw County Public Health are working together through a Big Idea Grant from the Ann Arbor Community Foundation and Pfizer to to find sustainable and easily accessible ways to get locally-grown, healthy ...
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