To be more specific, what you probably want is the Garden Resource Program. The Greening of Detroit is one of the members of the collaborative, along with Mich. State Extension, Earthworks Garden, and the Detroit Agriculture Network. The tour, described below, is coming up on August 4.Wed, August 4, 6pm �C 8pmWhereleaves from Catherine Ferguson Academy (CFA) - 2750 Selden Detroit, MI 48208 (map)DescriptionThe 13th Annual Detroit Agriculture Network Tour will take place on Wednesday, August 4th and highlights a selection of thriving community gardens, productive market gardens, stately passive-solar greenhouses, lively educational programming, and a growing network of self-sufficient gardeners, farmers, and friends taking root in Detroit. Participants choose from six routes, including bus tours to eastside, westside, and central city gardens and three bicycle routes weaving through gardens located in Cass Corridor, Woodbridge, and Greater Corktown. All tours will leave from Catherine Ferguson Academy located at 2750 Selden in Detroit. Check-in begins at 5:00 pm and tours will leave at 6:00 pm sharp. After the Tour, a reception featuring locally�\grown food prepared by local restaurants and chefs will provide visitors with a delicious taste of Detroit! When registering, please give the name of every person attending the Tour and specify which route �C bus (east, west, or central) or bike - you are registering for. The fee for participation is a sliding scale of $1 �\ $20 to offset costs and help grow Detroit’s agricultural movement and should be paid at check-in on Aug 4th. Both cash and checks made payable to “Detroit Agriculture Network” will be accepted. Please send all registration information to [email protected] or by contacting Ashley Atkinson at 313�\237�\8736. When all registration information is received you will be sent a confirmation email with a registration confirmation number. If you have not received a confirmation number, you are not registered for the tour. Please bring your registration number with you on August 4th. See further description of the program at detroitagriculture.org We have more than 1200 gardens (home, school and community gardens combined) in the network this year. Two years ago we grew over 62 TONS of food in the city limits. Last year i think it was over 100 tons, but i am not sure of that number, so don't quote me! Judy from Detroit Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:55:01 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Detroit community garden network > > The two women were Ashley Atkinson and Lindsay Turpin of Greening of > Detroit, part of that city's Garden Resource Network. That was an excellent > presentation, and that program is, among many other initatives, really > putting Detroit on the urban agriculture map. Ashley has been on the ACGA > board in the past. > > Their web site is www.greeningofdetroit.com, and it's very informative. They > sponsor, or at least co-sponsor (not sure), an annual community gardens tour > that's just huge - like 300-400 people get on the bus to look around. > > You can get contact info there. > > Cynthia Price > Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council > Co-chair, Urban Agriculture Committee, Community Food Security Coalition > > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Patricia R Stevenson > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I am trying to get a hold of the ladies who gave a presentation at last > > year's ACGA annual conference in Ohio. They gave a wonderful presentation on > > the community garden network in Detroit (and maybe also connected with a > > sister city near Detroit?). I was really impressed with their programs! > > > > If anyone knows who these ladies are, please email me back. I am helping > > develop a food network (including a community garden) in a lower-income > > neighborhood in Eugene, Oregon and would like to learn if the Detroit model > > could fit into our small community - some how. > > > > > > Thanks a bunch! > > Patty > > > > > > > > -- > > Patty Stevenson > > Masters Candidate 2010 > > Landscape Architecture Department > > University of Oregon > > [email protected] > > 541.915.2215 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > > ACGA's services to community gardeners. 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