Articles tagged: project grow

Home & Garden: Get ready for two seed swaps on Feb. 16

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Posted: Feb 08, 2013

Get a jump on the growing season by attending seed swaps hosted by two local community gardening organizations on Saturday, Feb. 16. Project Grow, in partnership with Ann Arbor 350, is hosting a swap from ... Read more »

Hoekstra wins Michigan GOP primary for US Senate

Posted: Aug 07, 2012

Former Michigan Congressman Pete Hoekstra has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, overcoming a challenge from two Republicans who questioned his record as a conservative. Read more »

Washtenaw County's former juvenile center on Platt Road to sprout community gardens

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Posted: May 05, 2012

The former Washtenaw County Juvenile Center at 2270 Platt Road will see new life this spring. Read more »

Home and Garden: Upcoming plant sales help support community gardens

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Posted: Apr 30, 2012

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 ... Read more »

Home & Garden: Pre-order heirloom tomatoes, basil, and peppers through April 21 from Project Grow Plant Sale

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Posted: Apr 16, 2012

Project Grow will host its annual plant sale on May 12 and May 19 outside the People's Food Co-Op in Ann Arbor. If you want to make sure you get a certain variety, or don't ... Read more »

food & grocery: Project Grow celebrates 40 years of community gardening

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Posted: Apr 06, 2012

The last frost date is still more than a month away, which I calculate by the timing of Project Grow Gardens' most amazing plant sale of heirloom tomatoes, basil, and peppers on Saturday, May 12 ... Read more »

Home and Garden: Exchange garden seeds at Project Grow Seed Swap on March 25

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Posted: Mar 20, 2012

Due to popular demand, Project Grow and Ann Arbor 350 are hosting a second seed swap this season on Sunday, March 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Downtown Home and Garden. Read more »

home & garden: Build your own rain barrel at a Project Grow workshop Feb. 25

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Posted: Feb 21, 2012

On Saturday, Feb. 25, Project Grow will host a "Build your own Rain Barrel" workshop at the Nature House at the Leslie Science and Nature Center. Workshops will run between 10 a.m. and noon, and ... Read more »

Home & Garden: Trade your garden seeds at Project Grow Seed Swap on Feb. 18

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Posted: Feb 08, 2012

Get a jump on the growing season by attending a seed swap on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Downtown Home and Garden. The swap is hosted by Project Grow in partnership ... Read more »

Home & Garden: Find what you need for your garden at local plant sales

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Posted: May 05, 2011

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. Read more »

Home & Garden: Potato Pledges and other ways to share the bounty of your garden

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Posted: Apr 23, 2011

Ah, the lengths that some people will go to to promote gardening and fight hunger in their communities! Last Saturday, I had a chance to witness some of these people of action up close when ... Read more »

Home & Garden: Project Grow plant sale coming up, pre-order heirloom tomato, pepper, basil plants now

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Posted: Apr 08, 2011

Project Grow will host its annual plant sale on May 21 and May 28 at the People's Food Co-Op in Ann Arbor. In case you can't wait that long or don't want to drive downtown, ... Read more »

neighborhood news: Vegetable garden at Dicken Elementary School vandalized on multiple occasions

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Posted: Jul 20, 2010

Uprooted potato plants, torn down wire fences and signs marking students' gardening efforts were scattered across Dicken Elementary School's Project Grow vegetable garden after it was vandalized earlier this month. Read more »

Check out Project Grow's plant sale to get a fresh taste of spring

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Posted: May 15, 2010

A spring garden is full of more than a few bits of bounty. Peas, rhubarb, mint, a few small greens, and the first blush of strawberries fill the rows and come into the kitchen to ... Read more »

Plant Sale Coming Up!

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Posted: May 10, 2010

It's time to give serious thought to what will go in this year's garden. We've talked before about seeds, planning tools, and even about experimenting with a virtual garden to see what might happen. Now's ... Read more »