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Let’s Grow Together Community Garden

Several wooden raised bed gardens in fenced area
This Ingham County Land Bank garden, established in 2020, is dedicated to bringing the community together in love for one another, young and old. There are six raised bed gardens for individual use plus space for growing food to donate to those in need. More

Gratiot County Community Garden

garden plots with people working; beautiful sunny day.
This garden contains a donation area as well as grow-your-own plots. The 16 plots located at the south end of the garden are reserved for donation and the produce grown there is available for all community members to enjoy. The 22 northern plots are reserved for individual use (“grow your own”). If you would like More

Tender Heart Gardens

Tender Heart Gardens began as a queer and trans growing collective, founded in 2017. They currently grow on a 1/3 acre lot in the Urbandale floodplain, leased from the Ingham County Land Bank. Their collective team of growers and community members determines annual and long-term projects for the gardens, including beehives and a pollinator garden, More

First Presbyterian Community Garden

Founded in 2021, their vision is to create a public garden that will provide an aesthetically pleasing, welcoming environment to encourage community understanding and communication, increase community health and well-being, and provide an accessible location for individual meditation as well as for gardeners and visitors of all ages to work together and share mutual interests. More

South Washington Apartments Garden

The raised beds at this property are for residents of Lansing Housing Commission. Residents at scattered sites may request use of a bed, or exchange labor for fresh produce.  If interested, please send a request to the contact person. More

Lake O’ The Hills Community Garden

Nestled along the shore of the Lake O’ The Hills in Haslett, this community garden was established in 2017. It provides 4×8 raised beds for residents of the nearby apartments and condos that are members of the homeowner’s association. The purpose of the Lake O’ the Hills Community Garden is to provide another amenity to More

Somerset Apartments

Somerset residents have a space of their own to grow in raised beds maintained by Somerset Apartments. More

Coleman Community Garden

The Coleman Community Garden provides access to healthy, locally grown foods to residents of the community, particularly low-income households and seniors. More

Olivet Baptist Church Garden

The Karen Baptist Church established this garden for refugees from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). The Karen are dedicated gardeners who grow their native vegetables, spicy peppers and herbs, and some American ones too. More

Eastminster Presbyterian Church Garden

The garden is an outreach project started in 2014 by Eastminster Presbyterian Church in East Lansing. The church building sits on a large piece of property situated near some apartment buildings. The garden has a nearby water source and an adjacent parking area. There are no fees for the plots or the water, they rely More