Eco-Garden Volunteer!

Hey readers, time for the final informational post of the semester, thank goodness!

As I have stated in a previous blog, I will be volunteering with Trybal Revival Gardens in spring of 2013. The project that I am most excited about working on with TRG, is by far their eco-garden. TRG stated that "In June of 2011 we partnered with the Kalamazoo County Land Bank by entering into an 'Adopt-a-Lot' program for several lots in the 1500 block of East Michigan Avenue with the intent of establishing a public permaculture garden on the site." With the "Adopt-a-Lot" program, and a generous grant from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, the eco-garden started to come together.

Eco-Garden land plot

The way this garden is set up is like no other garden I have ever heard of; although I am sure that they exist. The garden is planted in "guilds" or plant groups in which each plant has a beneficial and symbiotic relationship with the others.

The garden is set up as follows; in the back are the deciduous trees and several nut trees, (hickory, oak, chestnut) followed slightly further down the slope by fruit trees and berry bushes, creating a "small edible forest", towards the end of the slope near the road lie the vegetable beds, and my personal favorite part, the community gathering center located in the middle of this beautiful place.
Perhaps the best part of all about this eco-garden is that it is a public one. All you must do is simply contact TRG, all are welcome.

Hopefully I will see some of you readers at the 1500 block of E. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI this spring 2013! Lets build a home for nature and friends. Until then, life's a garden, dig it.

http://trybalrevivalgarden.com/EcoGarden.html