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Come and stop by our education series that is held at the Downtown
Ypsilaniti Farmer's Market.
Every Tuesday starting at 4pm, FREE!
JULY 17:
Yoga for Gardeners: Learn techniques for preserving your body, while working in the garden.
JULY 24:
Rain Gardening:
Learn about this excellent water conservation technique that is so beautiful, you'll be the envy of all your neighbors.
JULY 31:
Cool Garden Gadgets You Can Make:
Reuse in action, learn how to improve your garden with easily to find items.
One education series participant raved about the new information she
learned during the Organic Pest Management class, stating "I never knew
that planting earlier in the season can trick the pests into leaving
your garden alone. I'm excited to try it out!"
Things to look for at the Market:
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The Farmers' Market Free Education Series.
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The Green Thumbs, Growing Hope Youth Entrepreneurs, selling produce.
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Growing Hope's Hopeful Herbs.
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Rain Barrel Build
--TOMMORROW--
JULY 12th at 6pm
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Come and help the Growing Hope Staff Make Rain barrels tomorrow at 6pm at
320 Garland
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
For more information, directions, or to RSVP contact: Georgia: georgia@growinghope.net
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Care for a spot of tea?
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For the same price as a cup of tea a week you can make a huge contribution to Growing Hope and to sustaining our operations-- can you spare just $3/week to help us help people grow? Donate Now
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Green Thumbs-- Open for Business
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Growing Hope is proud to announce that Green Thumbs is open for business. Green Thumbs is a garden-based business run by a team of motivat ed 8th - 10th graders in the Ypsilanti area participating in the Youth Entrepreneur Program.
The Roots & Shoots Youth Entrepreneur Program is an after-school and summer experience for youth that combines gardening with leadership and entrepreneurial skill development. During the six-month program, participants learn to create a business plan, grow their product, and then put their plan into action.
By selling their harvests at the Ypsilanti Farmers' Markets, students will earn money and learn important concepts such as marketing, hard work and responsibility.
Please stop by the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market and support your community and its youth.
Hopeful Herbs
Hopeful Herbs is a social commercial enterprise initiative of Growing Hope, dedicated to creating local models of market gardening to support our community.
Growing Hope is producing culinary herbs to sell at the Farmers' Market and to local stores as a model of what urban growers can produce and earn on small plots.
While teaching ourselves and our community how to grow and sell food in the city, we are improving our ability to problem solve and address community issues such as improving access to healthy foods, promoting economic development, and reducing social inequalities.
Profits from sales of hopeful herbs will be used to fund Growing Hope's community programs including youth engagement, school and community gardens, and the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market. Hopeful Herbs grows using natural sustainable farming practices to protect and nourish our community.
Hopeful Herbs will be available for purchase at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market -- Tuesdays from 2 - 6pm. Farmers' Market shoppers will find high quality basil, parsley, cilantro and much more spilling forth from the Hopeful Herbs booth.
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Mark Your Calendars
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Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market is up
and running Tuesdays from 2-6. Located in the Key Bank parking
lot on the corner of Hamilton and Michigan Avenue. NOW ACCEPTING EBT! If you are
interested in selling your local food or products, having a community
information table, or volunteering, email Melissa at
melissa@growinghope.net.
 Get your tickets now for the August 26th
beer tasting at
The Corner Brewery
20 Norris Street Ypsilanti, MI 48198
Buy your tickets now!
Depot Town Farmers' Market
is from Saturday's from 8 am - 2 pm. Located in Historic Depot Town, behind
the Freight House. Come down and greet our local, hard working growers,
bakers, and crafters!
Poetry in the Garden: August 19, Rec Park Community Garden
Please join Christine Hume and Kira Berman for a morning of poetry in the Recreation Park Community Garden on Sunday, August 19th
from 9:30 to 11:30. Bring a poem that you would like to read and
share. If you like, you may choose poems about plants, vegetables,
flowers, gardens, harvest, summer,nature,
or community, to reinforce our sense of time and place. Iced tea and
cookies will be served: Please bring a chair to sit on. RSVP to Kira
at kiberman@umich.edu so that we know how many cookies to provide J (feel free to bring your own as well).
Third Annual
HOPE'S HARVEST!
a celebration of local food & gardens
Sunday September 23rd, 4-7 pm at Cobblestone Farm. Drop a line if you want to help plan the event, raffle, or silent auction!
Reserve your seat now!
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MARKET GARDEN INTERNS NEEDED!
Being the Market Garden Intern, you will work closely with our Market Garden Coordinator and learn about on how to start and maintain a market garden and social enterprise.
Be a part of Hopeful Herbs and Growing Hope!
If you are interested in this opportunity or have more questions, please contact Ben Brown at
ben(at) growinghope.net.
Click here for volunteer descriptions.
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| On-going Volunteer opportunities: |
May - October
Downtown Farmers' Market
Tuesday 2-6pm.
We need volunteers to help set up and take down our displays and produce, for selling, and for customer service. We also need volunteers who would be willing to transport some of our materials in their vehicles.
Click here for Volunteer Info
Perry Learning Garden Workdays
Come Join our Youth Intern and other youth who are passionate about gardening, and help them learn about gardening in a community environment.
Click here to learn more or to volunteer.
School Gardens
Head Start: work with the children at Head Start on their learning garden. Click here for volunteer info.
Market Garden
Come volunteer to do herb transplants for Growing Hopes new market program called Hopeful Herbs. You would be helping us to promote buying local and getting some relaxing therapy while at it. This opportunity runs continuously until the end of October. Click here for volunteer info
Growing Hope's Affiliated Gardens
Come join Ypsilanti community members in their gardens, growing and working hard. For more volunteer information and upcoming workdays Click here.
Growing Hope Center
We're currently seeking volunteers for our board of directors, Growing Hope Center planning comittee, and capital campaign! Please contact us if you're interested!
Ready to volunteer? Follow the link to the volunteer job description, and then email info@growinghope.net to rsvp! Click here to see our volunteer opportunities |
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