Warrior Demonstration Garden has Sprung in 2009!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Taking advantage of the higher than expected numbers of volunteers who showed up for the St. Andrew's Garden Build, SEED Wayne student leader Will Ahee led a small group to clean up and prepare the Warrior Demonstration Garden, which had lain dormant all Winter.
This group raked the beds, and plowed under the rye grass that had been sown as a cover crop late last Fall.
They also planted many beds with different kinds of cold crops including lettuce, kale, cabbage, and seeded many beds with others.
Harvests from the Warrior Demonstration Garden will be distributed to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
Volunteers are needed! If you would like to volunteer, please contact Will Ahee at w.ahee@wayne.edu.
About the Warrior Demonstration Garden (2008 Season)
Many campus and community partners came together to make the Warrior Demonstration Garden a reality in June 2008. Campus-based partners who contributed money, effort and/or other forms of support include: Assistant Vice President for Business Operations and Auxiliary Affairs, Nabelah Ghareeb; Associate Vice President for Research, Hilary Ratner; Dean of Honors College, Jerry Herron; Director of Grounds Maintenance, Kent Bolt; and AVI Foodsystems, Inc. Executive Chef, Giulio Fattore.
Community partners included the Greening of Detroit, with special thanks to Garden Resource Program Coordinator, Lindsay Turpin. The Garden Resource Program Collaborative provides resources and training to community and backyard gardeners across Detroit.
Capuchin Soup Kitchen's Earthworks Garden, a partner in the Garden Resource Program Collaborative, is also a SEED Wayne Partner. Earthworks staff members, Patrick Crouch, Lisa Richter, and Stacey Malasky, provided much needed advice and inspiration in our efforts to build the Warrior Demonstration Garden.
Among the 25 individuals who helped put the garden together were 18 students from across campus. They participated in activities which spanned four days and included preparing untreated lumber with linseed oil, assembling 4' by 18' raised beds, hauling lumber and compost to the garden site, moving dirt and compost into the beds, and planting (and feeding us during the two big work-days!).
Students and other campus partners will help maintain the garden on a weekly basis. Garden work hours are scheduled for Wednesdays (5 to 6 PM) and Saturdays (10 to 11 AM). To learn how you may volunteer, please write the Warrior Garden Team Coordinator, Kevin Griffin, at kev.griffin@hotmail.com.
The Garden's harvests are destined to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and WSU's dining halls and the McGregor Center, to be assembled in meals for students, and campus and external guests. Some portion of the harvests may be donated to area food assistance programs or sold at campus farmers markets to help support student organizations. Students who put in significant effort in the Garden will participate in decisions about the harvests.
The Garden's harvests are destined to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen and WSU's dining halls and the McGregor Center, to be assembled in meals for students, and campus and external guests. Some portion of the harvests may be donated to area food assistance programs or sold at campus farmers markets to help support student organizations. Students who put in significant effort in the Garden will participate in decisions about the harvests.
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