Want to learn how to grow fruits and vegetables longer?

Hoop House Demonstration / Pot Luck

Starts at 12pm
When: Saturday, Nov.12th –

Where: Nigella Commons
118 W Nash St.

Come learn and we can eat after!!!!!!

Solar Powered Urban Garden Workshop

Are you interested in solar power?

Join us!!!

When: Friday, Oct. 27th
Where: Havenwoods Enviromental Awareness Center
6141 N Hopkins St.
Itinerary:
Morning Solar Lecture: 9:00 AM
Lunch: 12:00 PM
Solar Installation Demostration: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please call 414.431.0758 to reserve your place!!

Canning Classes at Solomon Temple

Have you always wanted to learn how to can fruits and vegetables?

Join us for the 2nd annual
Canning Workshop

When: Tuesday, Sept. 27th – pickling
Tuesday, Oct. 4th – fruit
Tuesday, Oct. 25th – jam
Where: Solomon Temple
3295 N Martin Luther King Dr.

Reservations are needed to attend!!
Please call 414.763.9947 to reserve your place!!

Rainwater Harvesting System Installed at Grow and Play Lot

Groundwork Milwaukee partnered with AmeriCorps*NCCC and volunteers from Alverno College to install a rainwater harvesting system in April. Our Green Team is continuing to enhance the Grow and Play Lot this summer

Worm Composting Workshop

Meet with friends from the Harambee Neighborhood to learn to compost using worms in your own home. Click here for more information.

Grow Your Own Groceries Events

Learn how to grow your own groceries events hosted by our partner Milwuakee Urban Gardens. Click Here to read more about registering for one of the four events. Two dates are free of charge!

Community Garden Workshop

Learn how to start a community garden with us and Milwaukee Urban Gardens (MUG) on February 19th from 10 am until noon. Event will be held at the Urban Ecology Center Riverside 1500 E Park Place.

Info

Second Canning Workshop

In spite of old man winter, participants left our second canning workshop with jars full of sweet strawberry rhubarb jam and tangy cranberry salsa. Don't miss out next time! Check back often or contact Groundwork Milwaukee for event updates.

We CAN

Free Canning Workshop

The free canning workshop led by Jeanine Becker, had everyone saying, ‘Yes, we
can’! And we did, from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at Clara Mohammed School.
Jeanine instructed participants in preserving green beans, while
relinquishing some of her canning secrets and family recipes. Please contact us
to be notified of future events!

PDF

The workshop on Dec., 1st will be facilitated by Jeanine Becker-a lifelong food preserver. "Canning vegetables in a vinegar base is an age old practice for preserving summer's harvest. I will be guiding participants in their hands-on effort to preserve vegetables. Included in the class are all canning materials, produce and handouts with instructions, recipes and helpful tips."-Jeanine Becker

Jeanine holds a commercial food license and is a Master Food Preserver. She is also the owner of Madam J's Sticky Fingers Jams and Jellies and has taught classes at the Urban Ecology Center, St. Matthew's Church and the Wauwatosa Recreation Department.

Please register with Shanyce at the HGNI office building located at 2772 North Dr. Martin Luther King jr., Drive. The $5 registration fee will be refunded upon attendance at the workshop. There are only 15 places, and they will fill quickly!

Community Clean-Up & Halloween Celebration

Join the Cluster Two Neighborhood Association and their partners in winterizing the community garden beds, and putting trash in its place. We will be meeting at the Grow and Play Lot and Garden at 10 am. Enjoy hamburgers on the grill after the event at 1pm. You will also see the great work Lad Lake and Hope High School students did for the begining stages of the Grow and Play Lot.

more

Kinnickinnic River Community Clean-Up

PDF

Kinnickinnic River Clean-Up
On October 9, 2010 Groundwork Milwaukee, in collaborations with KRIC and Milwaukee Riverkeeper hosted the 10th River Clean-Up at Pulaski Park. Community members along with classes from Windlake Elementary, St. Rafael the Archangel, and Hayes Bilingual participated in the clean up. Over 50 bags of trash were collected, not including large items such as shopping carts, tires and an air conditioner. Additionally, the day before the clean-up the Cerda family collected 39 shopping carts from the river banks to be cleaned, repaired and used in their new supermarket (Las Reinas at 60th and Forest Home Avenue). Neighbors were able to learn more about the future of the concrete river cooridor, and everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful fall afternoon. Thanks to everyone that participated and contributed to another successful clean up!

Groundwork Milwaukee partners with AmeriCorps*NCCC to extend the East Bank Trail

An AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (AmeriCorps*NCCC) team is serving with Groundwork Milwaukee, undertaking a variety of environmental projects in the urban setting. The Milwaukee project is one of several of the "signature projects" around the country that Groundwork USA and AmeriCorps*NCCC are sponsoring. AmeriCorps*NCCC teams from three campuses are serving in nine communities.

Press Release

Bike path might pave new way along KK river

The City of Milwaukee's commitment to build a 2.4-mile bike path along the Kinnickinnic River corridor next year has sparked an ambitious effort by a broad coalition to create a long-term plan for broader redevelopment and revitalization along the long-neglected south side river.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Brainstorming the KK River Trail

It's a project about building positive community connections and improving the quality of urban life. The goal: creating a safe and attractive 2 1/4 mile on- and off-street trail that brings people back into contact with an overlooked urban river and connects downtown, Walker's Point, Lincoln Village, and Bay View for pedestrians and cyclists. Construction on the Kinnickinnic River Trail, a provisional title, could begin next year. But the planning process has already brought people together.

Bay View Compass

Getting down and dirty to clean the ground

Two groups paired up Wednesday to use deep-rooted plants to draw contaminants out of soil along the Root River near Downtown Racine. The Milwaukee Community Service Corps and the Kenosha/Racine Land Trust worked to install a phytoremediation system to cleanup the Mary Ellen Helgren Johnson Memorial Preserve, which is located along the Root River off Highway C.

Racine Journal Times

Neighbors cheer trail completion

A new soft-surfaced pedestrian trail paralleling the Milwaukee River was officially opened to enthusiastic response. The 1.5 mile walking trail connects Caesar's Park with the Frederick Law Olmstead designed Riverside Park and forms a loop to the Beer Line Trail. The trail meanders from a forested riparian area abundant with wildlife, but an easy climb out of the valley opens into densely populated historic residential and business districts and the county-wide Oak Leaf Trail.

NPS Digest

AmeriCorps*NCCC, Groundwork Milwaukee partner to extend the East Bank Trail

PDF Format

Determined neighbors save a square of open space

Find an orphaned chunk of land almost anywhere in or near downtown Milwaukee and chances are it will soon be developed. This is, on the whole, something to cheer about. You need a critical mass of residents and businesses to create vibrant communities and battle sprawl.

But a healthy city also needs open space. Places where you can catch your breath, savor the passing parade and listen to birds. Places for kids to play. Places that add value to neighborhoods.

Trouble is, it's not easy to create such sites these days. Besides development pressures, leftover land may have contaminated hotspots. Moreover, the county parks system is strapped for funds and the city retreated from the parks business decades ago.