Growing Hope Programs

Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, we empower individuals, groups and communities by providing resources, skills and training. Our programs go well beyond just planting, weeding and harvesting. We provide hands on education and youth leadership programs; we offer cooking and nutrition programs for low-income families; and we expand the capacity of groups to develop school & community gardens. All of our programs build on community assets through partnerships with neighborhoods, schools, and organizations. We are growing more than just plants; WE ARE GROWING HOPE!

	Building Community Capacity through Gardens... Growing Hope works to help people improve their lives and communities through gardening, by supporting local community gardens and efforts to start & sustain gardens in Washtenaw County Community & School Garden Development Institute Directory and Map of Gardens Looking for a garden plot for this year? See where you can grow...
	Helping Schools and Youth Grow... Perry Learning Garden: Where it all started, our first youth and school garden in Ypsilanti's gateway community Roots & Shoots Youth Entrepreneur Program: Our after-school youth development program. Showing youth how to grow and profit from garden based ventures Growing Futures-- School Greenhouses & Gardens: Developing greenhouses at area schools and productive learning spaces Head Start Seeds of Learning Garden: Gardening with the little ones at Head Start's early childhood program
	Educating and Reaching Out... Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market: Improving access to healthy foods and building community on Tuesday afternoons! Home-Grown Health: Our cooking-nutrition-gardening series for low-income families SpringTransPLANT: Connecting home gardeners to their community through a plant donation drive Plant A Row for the Hungry Campaign: Gardeners helping neighbors in need by donating extra harvest Growing Hope Center: Our future demonstration & training center.