A letter from our retiring founder, Amanda Maria Edmonds
Growing Hope’s visionary founder, Amanda Maria Edmonds, is retiring at the end of 2017 after 15 years as Executive Director. Her creativity, commitment to change, and leadership have allowed Growing Hope to have an incredible impact on Ypsilanti and the surrounding communities. An Executive Leadership Team is in place to ensure continuity in programming and […]
Joy Delivered- the 2017 Home Vegetable Garden Program
Gardening can be intimidating for the first time gardener! Challenges include knowing when to start planting, how to supplement the soil, and dealing with garden pests. In the spring of 2017, Growing Hope’s Home Vegetable Garden Program partnered with Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels to encourage gardening among low income senior residents of Ypsilanti. The program […]
Habitat for Humanity and Growing Hope Gardens
This guest blog post is by Marci Cameron. Marci has supported Growing Hope’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity for the past three years.
Final Chefs in the Garden of 2017 is 10/15! (UPDATE: SOLD OUT)
The final event in this year’s Chefs in the Garden fundraising dinner series is right around the corner! Sunday, October 15th we’ll welcome Chef Brandon Johns of Grange Kitchen & Bar and Heather Anne Leavitt of Sweet Heather Anne to our lush urban farm, to create a meal filled with beautiful fall flavors. Guests will also enjoy […]
Eagle Scout Project for Growing Hope
Joe Capuano, a local Boy Scout from Troop 290, has been working with the Growing Hope team to complete an Eagle Scout project. Joe became familiar with Growing Hope’s work as a volunteer for Youth Volunteer Corps, a summer camp through YMCA that takes teens to local-area nonprofits to volunteer throughout the summer. When it […]
Summer Event: Hoophouse Happy Hour
Hoophouse Happy Hour Thursday, July 27th 5:30-7:30pm Growing Hope’s Urban Farm & Gardens 922 W. Michigan Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Join us for refreshing beverages, tasty bites of food, and some great music as we celebrate the season and say THANK YOU to all of our supporters. No admission charge to this event, but […]
Summer Events at Growing Hope!
Summer is here, with its warm weather and gorgeous days that seem to last forever. This season, there’s so many ways to celebrate with us, and we’d love to connect with you over a cool drink or a delicious meal. So mark your calendars to save the dates for our upcoming events, and we’ll see […]
Save the Dates! Growing Hope’s Summer Events
At Growing Hope we love celebrating our beautiful local food scene and connecting with our friends and supporters. This summer there’s going to be lots of great opportunities to eat amazing food, have fun, and be a part of our work in the community! From wine tastings to grub crawls, to sumptuous farm-to-table dinners – if […]
Farmers Markets Opening Days!
Growing Hope’s Ypsilanti Farmers Markets start up Tuesday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 6th! Join us at our Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace at 16 S Washington St from 3-7PM Tuesdays for our farmers market in Ypsi’s downtown. We’re excited to welcome many of our favorite returning vendors, as well as some fresh new faces we know […]
Teen Mentor Internship
Growing Hope offers employment to teens aged 15-18 years old from June – October. The paid Teen Mentor position provides local Ypsilanti teens with an opportunity to develop mentoring, leadership, and job skills. Teen Mentors work at the Growing Hope urban farm and assist with the garden based nutrition education programs at the Growing Hope Center […]