Garden Week 2023

Garden Week, which we celebrated from Earth Day until Arbor Day is complete! We’ve installed, maintained and prepared 15 community gardens during this week and they’re ready to grow!

Generous donations from local greenhouses and seed companies have supported Garden Leader’s efforts by providing additional seedlings and starter plugs so that vegetables, flowers and trees are taking root across the city.

Last year’s results are found below and if you’d like to know more, check out our garden maps Milwaukee Grows Garden Network (arcgis.com)

#GardensHeal

Thanks go to the garden leaders, ground crews and neighborhood volunteers at:

• Florence Lambert Community Garden

• Brady Street Community Garden

• Bremen

• Hepatha

• Hilltop Community Garden

• Madison Pocket Park

• Nia Purpose (and the family gardening club!)

• Nigella Commons

• St. Mark AME

• Scooters Garden

• Solomon Community Temple

• Story Garden

• Uptown Community Garden

These are only the beginning- by the end of the year, we’ll have worked with almost 100 community gardens in the area.

Building Buy-In for Green Jobs Seen as Path to Climate Resilience and Racial Equity in Milwaukee

Susan Bence, WUWM 89.7 FM, August 31st, 2021

Local environmental reporter, Susan Bence, reports on the Milwaukee City-County Task Force on Climate and Economic Equity’s most resent forum. The meeting aimed to address the economic opportunity green jobs present as efforts to improve local climate resiliency increase. Groundwork Milwaukee’s Ground Corps Crew Leader, Bree Jackson, speaks up with an important question for the task force. Listen.