Press Release – Garden Hop

From a Fair Food Matters press release…

Hop through community gardens in August

At least two dozen area community gardens will take part in the “Garden Hop,” a community-wide garden tour and scavenger hunt, taking place throughout town from August 10-20.

The event is coordinated by Common Ground, a collaborative effort whose goal is to support community garden projects throughout Kalamazoo County, with a special emphasis on those serving low-income residents.

In addition to learning more about the great variety of garden projects in our community, participants can take part in a scavenger hunt. Anyone who correctly answers 12 questions about local gardens will be entered into a prize drawing.

Gardens scheduled to take part in the 2012 Garden Hop include (all located in Kalamazoo, except where noted):

• Beauty From Ashes Garden, 4225 Waldorf Street
• Bloom Room at Parkwood-Upjohn Elementary, 2321 South Park Street
• Cameron Street Garden, 1812 Cameron Street
• Campus Beet Garden, 1205 Summit Avenue
• Common Ground Garden Resource Shed, 1519 E. Michigan Avenue
• DeLano Farm at Kalamazoo Nature Center, 357 W. E Avenue
• Douglass Community Association Garden, 1000 W. Paterson Street
• Growing Community Garden, 2800 Gull Road
• Growing Matters Garden, 2119 N. Westnedge Avenue
• Historic Stuart Neighborhood Garden, 703 West Willard Street
• Hummingbird Butterfly Garden at Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N. Westnedge Avenue
• Jolly Garden (Kalamazoo College Garden), 1324 Academy Street
• Kalamazoo Central High School/FCCLA Community Garden, 2432 North Drake Road
• Oakwood Community Garden, 2529 Springmont Avenue
• Recovery Garden, 118 E. Paterson Street
• Roots of Knowledge Garden at Woodward Elementary School, 606 Stuart Avenue
• Schoolcraft UMC Community Garden, 342 N. Grand Street (Schoolcraft)
• Tabitha Farm Urban Homestead & Community Garden, 111 Dixie Avenue
• Trybal Revival Community Garden, 1429 E. Michigan Avenue
• Trybal Revival Eastside Ecogarden, 1517 E Michigan Avenue
• Vine Neighborhood Community Garden, 615 S. Westnedge Avenue
• Wall Street Community Garden, 311-316 Wall Street
• Wellspring Community Garden, 120 Roberson Street (garden on 100 block of Bush St.)
• YMCA Community Garden, 1001 W. Maple Street

Garden Hop tour guides, with a final list of participating gardens, and scavenger hunt entry forms will be available on August 10 at the Common Ground website (http://commongroundkalamazoo.com/Events.php), and at the following locations:

• Douglass Community Association, 1000 W. Paterson Street
• Eastside Neighborhood Association, 1301 E. Main Street
• Edison Neighborhood Association, 816 Washington Avenue
• Fair Food Matters, 323 N. Burdick Street
• Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N. Westnedge Avenue
• People’s Food Coop, 507 Harrison Street
• Stuart Neighborhood Association, 530 Douglas Avenue
• Vine Neighborhood Association, 511 W. Vine Street

The Garden Hop is made possible through donations from Old Dog Tavern, People’s Food Co-op and Wenke Greenhouses.