Tag: community garden
New analysis dissects access to green space in Detroit, finds inequities
Michigan Technological University researchers finds the majority of buildings in Detroit are farther than half a mile’s walk from a park or recreational area.
How community gardens serve as ‘third places’ for Detroiters
Toward the end of 2023, I was newly unemployed and living by myself for the first time.
In between jobs, searching for employment and a means of fulfillment and community, I began to reflect on how my mom got into gardening. In the dead of winter, memories of childhood summers spent pulling weeds, tilling soil and fleeing the occasional garter snake alongside her began to color my mind.