Groundwork Milwaukee Connects the Dots on Flood Risk, Climate Change, and Public Health

Many Wisconsinites are familiar with the fact that Milwaukee ranks as one of the most segregated cities in the United States. This unfortunate status is no accident, but a result of historical government housing policy from the 1930’s. The goal of the policy was to slow down the rate of foreclosures that ran rampant in the years following the Depression. In this interview with the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network,

Young Kim explained how Groundwork Milwaukee crews were setting their sights on the very real and urgent matter of building resilient communities that can stand up to the effects of climate change, flooding in particular at the beginning of the season.

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.