The Greening of Detroit is a useful resource for community coalitions, neighborhood action groups and community development corporations striving to make their neighborhoods cleaner, greener and healthier. We can help -- whether you’re looking for a better place for your kids to play, fresher food for your family, a few trees to shade your street, or a forest to clean your watershed.
Helping to Restore Neighborhoods
The Greening provides neighborhood organizations with the guidance and resources to plan restoration projects that address areas of concern from dumping to lack of green space. We’re working with community groups to line streets and major thoroughfares with new trees, develop or restore parks, create signature plantings in key areas, beautify school yards, and clean vacant lots.
Supporting Urban Gardeners
We’re supporting urban gardeners as part of our work with the Garden Resource Program Collaborative, a project developed by The Greening of Detroit, Michigan State University Extension, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthwork’s Garden, and the Detroit Agriculture Network. Through this collaboration, we’re working year-round to provide urban gardeners with resources and educational workshops. What’s more, we’ve formed cluster groups throughout the city to provide urban gardeners with the ability to meet and learn from one another and share resources, including tools. The Garden Resource Collaborative also provides training designed to empower individuals to lead the way with gardening initiatives citywide including farmer’s markets, compost bins and greenhouses.
Check out our Cool Projects to see what we’ve done with partners in neighborhoods all over the city.
How can we help in your neighborhood? Call us at 313.237.8733 to find out.