Garden Project Garden Tour 2022 showcased how Greater Lansing Food Bank (GLFB) and our partners are making nutritious food accessible to our community through Garden Project’s network of more than 90 community gardens and 500 home gardens.
On Wednesday, July 20, the greater Lansing community had an opportunity to gather and see what growing food in the city looks like. More than 120 people were in attendance – one of biggest garden tours to date – to view gardens by bus, an 8-mile bike ride or 1-mile leisurely walk. These separate tours led attendees through a total of 10 stops, which included community gardens and farms.
Garden Project’s staff and volunteers guided the tours, describing what grows in each garden, who’s growing in the garden and any other unique facts pertaining to the garden. Did you know there are more than 40 languages spoken in our gardens, making up an incredibly diverse network of gardeners?
The Garden Tour 2022 proved to be a great opportunity for showing off gardens to the community and celebrating the gardeners who continually do the tough fieldwork all growing season. Through hard work and collaboration Garden Project’s network grows about 1 million pounds of produce every year!
Interested in making an impact in the local garden community? You can get involved in Garden Project through volunteering, donating and becoming a community garden leader. Follow this link to learn more: Garden Project – Greater Lansing Food Bank.
Special Thank You!
Garden Project is grateful to our tour partners for their generous support of this year’s event: Dean Transportation, Ingham County Land Bank, Lansing Bike Co-Op, Lansing Bike Party, Lansing Parks and Recreation, Meijer Capital City Market, MSU Bikes Service Center and Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop.
Community members gather at Greater Lansing Food Bank’s 2022 Garden Tour (Photos/Terzah Dyer)