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Upcoming Events:
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  • Recycle in Your Yard Tue, February 09

    Discover 101 neighbor-friendly ways to compost and “grasscycle” to save money and connect to the environment. An Eat Local Kalamazoo event.
  • Know your local eateries and their specialties. Thu, February 25

    Learn about Kalamazoo's own unique flavors, menus, and events. (2:00 pm & 6:30 pm)
  • Getting the Most Nutrition from your Food. Wed, March 10

    Learn how to maximize the benefits of what you eat by attending this panel discussion with a registered nutritionist and food experts. Free! (1 - 3 pm )

Growing Matters Garden Program

The Growing Matters Garden program provides hands-on learning opportunities for local youth and the larger community at our urban gardens.

Students put their hands in the soil and understand where their food comes from, how great it tastes right from the garden, and why growing organic is so important.

Growing Matters Garden Main Site The Growing Matters Garden program currently has two garden sites. Our main site offers 6,000 square feet of growing space just north of Kalamazoo. Our second location is the Roots of Knowledge garden at Woodward Elementary School.

Woodward School GardenAt both sites, we focus on growing vegetables (using sustainable, organic practices), but we also have areas for herbs, strawberries, and annual and native flowers.

A portion of the produce from our gardens is sold at the Bank Street Farmers' Market and the People's Food Co-op.

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