About the Resource Center

The Garden Project Resource Center is a supply depot filled with resources tailored for vegetable gardening and is available to community gardeners and low-to-moderate income home gardeners during the growing season.

Hours

The Resource Center will open for the season in April and will host a special, one-day Winter Seed Day event on March 6, 2025 for gardeners planning to start seeds indoors. Subscribe to Garden Project’s email newsletter using the form on the right for updates.

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2025 registration

Garden Project Resource Center services are available to low to moderate income neighbors who garden at home or in a community garden. Registration is required every year and will open in February.

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Services Offered

• Free seeds (limit 25 packets per gardener per year).
• Free seedlings (vegetable transplants) during open hours in April, May and June. Please bring your own tray or box to safely carry home your new plants!
• Free tool lending of standard garden tools for up to two weeks at a time.
• Gardening and cooking information (Ex. Books, magazines, videos, pamphlets, etc.).
• Free canning jars and two-week lending of food preservation equipment.
• Other resources as available such as at-cost straw bales, cover crop seeds and organic granular fertilizer.
• Helpful staff and volunteers to answer gardening questions!

Visiting the Resource Center also provides a great opportunity to meet other gardeners, get advice and volunteer!

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Garden resource pickup

To schedule an appointment to pick up resources (seeds, plant starts, tools, etc.) for your community garden, please contact Matthew Romans at matthew@glfoodbank.org or (517) 853-7802.

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Volunteer at the Resource Center

Garden Project’s work is made possible through the commitment of our volunteers, many of whom work directly with us at the Resource Center. Learn more and find a volunteer shift here.

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Community Resource Information

• Tools & tilling tip sheet
• Procuring mulch tip sheet