April Update
Since Earth Day, every aspect of Groundwork MKE have been focused on opening the season, and the community has turned out In April, Groundwork Milwaukee has held eld 35 Garden Events which included 350 volunteers who filled of 258 available volunteer shifts
We also:
Prepped 26 community gardens for planting, activating vacant lands across the city
Installed 80 new garden beds & 4 water harvesting structures,
Commissioned and nearly completed a mural inside our offices that represents Milwaukee's natural resources and
Removed 2.5 tons of trash from the riverways in Havenwoods State Forest and Milwaukee Bioswales
And to top it all off, Kilbourn Gardens is sold out! Our 80-bed garden rental is booked to capacity this season, but we've begun installations for home gardeners in Metcalfe Park Milwaukee. Forty-one families will have gardens installed this month which include raised beds with ADA access options, soil, seeds, starts, and support for the entire growing season.
Fare Well Samson!
We bid a fond farewell to an outstanding Horticulturalist and teammate, Samson Srok. He'll be working in Americorps NCCC this summer and will go on to work in South America in the fall.
Although, plants are no longer your responsibility at Groundwork, we'll keep in touch about all things plants and planting. No one beats his good advice, and we've grown good at virtual meetings soo...talk soon!
If you'd like to be involved in Groundwork Greenspaces, visit us at Groundwork Milwaukee (groundworkmke.org)