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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
Support the Growing Matters Garden's Sponsor-A-Gardener Campaign!
In preparation for the upcoming growing season, we have begun our
annual sponsor-a-gardener campaign. Please consider a donation to help
fund our valuable educational gardening programs for
local youth and the community.
Your tax-deductible contribution provides funding for a student in the garden or a thematic garden bed. We appreciate any contribution that you might be able to make - financial, material, or volunteer time - no matter how small (or big!). To learn more, please download a copy of our sponsorship letter or contact the garden manager.
Growing Matters Garden Wish List
In addition to
monetary support, we also need material donations. If you are able to
donate any of the items below, please email us
or call
269-492-1270.
Garden Equipment:
- Watering cans
- Rubber boots (used or new, sizes appropriate for youth ages 6-16)
- Shovels, hoes, garden rakes, and leaf rakes
- Pruning shears, hand trowels, and hand rakes
Garden Supplies:
- Straw or spoiled hay bales for mulch
- Plant supports (stakes, poles, trellis, tomato cages, twine)
- Black plastic tarps
- Floating row cover
Educational Supplies:
- Popsicle sticks / plant markers
- Seed catalogs / nature magazines
- Wood and paint for making signs
- Digital camera
Infrastructure:
- Picnic table and benches
- Folding tables and chairs
- Shelving and plastic storage boxes (i.e. Rubbermaid with tight lids)
- can-do kitchen
A licensed facility for new & existing food businesses, local-produce processing, and job training.
- Growing Matters Garden
Kids get their hands dirty, and learn a lot, with our multi-site gardening project.
- Future Chefs
Teens cook? From scratch? Check out this cool summer program.
- Eat Local, Kalamazoo!
Learn how, where and why to eat local in our series of presentations and events.
- Farms to K College
Students and community partners are bringing more local food into the cafeteria at Kalamazoo College.
- Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest
Celebrate local food, local farming, and sustainable living with great speakers, music and more.
- Kalamazoo Area Food Systems Inventory
A ground-breaking assessment of the food system in our community - find out why.
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Fair Food Film Festival
Exploring where our food comes from and why it matters.