Best Urban Gardens In Detroit Near Me

Arson Capital: Thank you!

brian abreu: The roads the business is on are horrible! And it's not a place to visit at night.

Francisco Barela: Very nice people that care for their community

Sean Epperson: Awesome place to support the local community

Joyce: Best kept secret in Detroit!

Cheryl Booth: Everyone was very helpful and polite.

Shawn Kaley: Spending an educational day in the garden

Dolores Perales: Amazing space and great community resource.

Caleb Scheys: Doing great things for the community.

Tammy Cooper: Wow thanks

Mayra Valle: Friendly environment and always satisfying answers to Resources in the community.

Wendy Kay Drake Germany: Really kool community garden!

Sporehunter: Decent event. The food and music was pretty good

Danita: The garden was beautiful and SDEV continues to show love for the community. We had a great student to show us as round.

Eric Perales: Beautiful garden! I picked vegetables here and they were great!

Reid Nelson: Beautiful garden that is making the most of its oppurtunity to make a big impact on the community!

Brian Bruder: Beautiful place and great idea 💡

Jesse Venegas: Come volunteer anytime.... visit Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision to find volunteer opportunities

Doris Harber-Hollins: Thanks for letting us help.

Breitner M: Awesome project!

Clay Maddox: Nice little green space. Flowers and veggies growing beautifully. Some shady spots to sit and take in the greening area.

Angela Legato: This place is so beautiful and peaceful. Something you should walk through orsit down and relax in. I absolutely loved it here.

K R: A great garden of greenery in Detroit. Find a bench or picnic on the ground and enjoy some beautiful flowers and quiet time in the city. There are individual garden beds with a variety of plants and flowers, even some unique things growing.

Rashawnda Mathis: The Greening of Detroit - Lafayette Greens had an amazing fundraiser that I absolutely loved. The first time I have ever been there and the grounds are very interesting with beautiful flowers; trees and vegetables that all serve the community and local restaurants. This is smack dab in the heart of Downtown Detroit. I look forward to supporting this event again next year and visiting the gardens again.

Robert Martin Sr: Great place to have an outdoor wedding during the warmer months...

Ron Roelfs: We enjoy walking in Detroit. Especially when we find treasures like the Greening of Detroit.Beautiful garden that is well maintained and laid out.Quite a selection of plants along with sculptures and paintings.Find a bench suit down and enjoy. A nice escape from the rush of downtown.

Richard A Ramirez: Beautiful outside space in the heart of downtown Detroit open to the public!

L J: Low key, unknown gem.

Charles Vaughn II: Beautiful place, very obviously meticulously maintained. One of my favorite places in the city!

Ess Cooper: Beautifu Sustainable Garden.

PAUL RITZ: A brief respite in the City. Nicely planted and maintained flowers and plants. A calming few minutes in the busy Detroit.

Paul Nielsen: This is our own private garden right in the middle of the city, and we don't have to weed it. Take in nature and let go of your stress, if only for a few minutes a day.

Kim Casteel: Beautiful, friendly, healthy space in the middle of the city.

Denali Mike: Awesome little place saw a wedding here looked cool. I'd recommend it to someone for sure. Curious if its open to public or not.

Zachary Smith: Great little garden in the heart of the CBD. Nice to walk through and sit during lunch. Surprisingly quiet for where it is.

Will Juntunen: I worked in a co-working office that looked over Campus Martius, an urban park with fountains, a restaurant on the green and statues.That's my kind of place.I worked on the Fifth floor of a building constructed in 1964, according to the cornerstone.One year younger than my age, I think the building hardly shows its age.For lunch, I went out with my camera and snapped photographs and walked to one of the famous Coney island shops, American Coney Island right next door to Lafayette Coney Island.I had two with everything and walked over to the Book Cadillac hotel to buy a pack of mint gum to cover up the chopped onions.The trees around Lafayette Greens have grown taller since my last visit.The lavender had yet to lose its purple leaves and yet I noticed no tomatoes on the vines.I resisted picking the ripe blackberries growing on the brambles rowing in a sculpture garden.I knew the man who had brought the cheerful robots made of found metal scrap to the garden at least five years ago.Tim Burke makes them at his studio, Detroit Industrial Gallery, sharing Heidelburg Street with Tyree Guyton.We once stood on a sidewalk and chatted as thousands of people walked on by us.His car had been decorated with plastic Godzilla statues standing up to the hood and trunk.I was happy to see a collection of several in a space encircled by brambles bearing blackberries, hopefully on permanent display rather than a summer show.Burke's sculptures have stood in Lafayette Greens for long enough that maybe no one will remember to move them.I wanted to strike up one conversation in the garden.I said, matter of fact, "These are flowers that look like they are looked at".Not quite how T.S. Eliot puts it in the poem in four parts, the Four Quartets.But close.Her face reddened."I've been trying to grow this kind of flower for years, every spring since I lost my sister.These were her favorite kind of flowers"."Marigolds"?Not even a nice try, but a polite guess."Black Eyed Susan's.They grow wild but I cannot cultivate them in my garden.I keep trying and failing.This bunch is perfect".I decided to tell her a story to inspire."Let me tell you a story and then I'll leave you to contemplate the flowers.A fellow from Ohio was a great hunter and guide to hunters.He always helped his clients bag a limit of geese.And the geese knew him as if the geese could gossip about him.Geese would flock on the lawn and eat grass and let children watch.But the geese always fled Jack Miner.He bought land on the north shore of Lake Erie, planted corn and grass and dug ponds for the geese.However, it took ten years before the geese trusted him and would land.And soon hundreds and hundreds of geese landed every spring"."I need to be Jack Miner"!She looked full of deep emotion."Yes, be like Jack Miner", and I strolled off between the raised beds of salad greens.I pursued another morning strolling the streets of downtown Syracuse like an annoying mosquito of a paparazzi.I caught the baker who delivers french pastries from the Stoop again and he asked, "What are you taking these pictures for today? Do you work for a magazine?""I mostly put the images on Instagram, a study of Syracuse in the morning"."Here! Look yourself up on my phone".I found his pictures from the week before and he chuckled."Boom", I said.It seemed to be appropriate to say.He chuckled again. And he ran off to make more deliveries.

Kathy Kovak: Beautiful well kept gardens, loads of different plants, flowers and vegetables.

James Fahy: Beautiful gardens and nice places to sit and enjoy the weather.

Mr. Nice Guy: Very nice. A breath of fresh air in the city.

Kirk Dedenbach: Lafayette Greens is a very pleasant but SMALL green space in the middle of the city. It's a nice spot to sit and eat lunch quietly, or just grab a quick sanity break away from the office. I'm glad they used the space from a long-abandoned office building for urban agriculture rather than turning it into yet another parking lot.

Kyle Trottier: Worst Community Garden i've ever been a part of. Severe bug infestations like i've never seen and the solution from the "Master Gardener" Dave was he was more concerned about the bugs surviving than our vegetable plants! LMAO. Also, false accusations of racism from extremist wackos at this garden claimed by "Master Gardener" Dave. Overall, my experience with community gardens in Florida have been far superior and the Master Gardeners in my previous experience are correctly managing infestations so i understand what a successful community garden looks like.

Nina M. Nichelle: Such a beautiful

Ma Serrano: A volunteer driven inspiration to the community!

E. F.: They're still open

Earl Johnson: good place to visit

Karen-Lee Dennis: Wonderful neighborhood Garden. Stop by sometime to volunteer... meet a friend or two and catch up over pulling weeds!They have a great thing going and need a little more support.They're happy to give you a tomato plant to take home, have many spices and veggies available.

Dari P.: Amazing people and work that they are doing!!

Joan Washington: This place is a jewel. The feeling is enchanting. So much beauty. It's like finding your pot of gold while you're not looking. The people are earthy and knowledgeable. You can tell they do this as a labor of love. God bless them for being a blessing to so many. It's like walking into a children's book! So much flavor!! Most importantly, I was so proud to see such a diverse group of young people from all types of cultures and social economic backgrounds rolling up their sleeves to provide healthy and organic food choices to families and the elderly in Detroit urban communities. You guys rock!!

Rescue MI Nature NOW: Great place to visit on Saturdays. Great interactions with Mike!

Queen B: Great! Thanks!

Yousef Asiam Shuuja: Excellent service, excellent variety & you can't bet the price. A very much appreciated & needed community service. A great opportunity for us to volunteer & give back to our city.

Loretta Pearson: Wonderful garden. Always a surprise on what produce they have. They are in need of volunteers. Last couple weeks I got herbs.

omar ali: start bringing the urban farming vegetables to Rosa Parks street on Detroit's NW side on the Lodge Expressway. Bring the foods to Campus Martius for people to get food for free and ask for donations. I want to see more fruit trees sprout in this city to make wine, whiskies, bourbon, gins, etc., to protect the environment and bring more money for everyone to continue. Also, build greenhouses to grow fruit/vegetables all year round to reduce/stop cross contaminations and compost the soil and prevent diseases.

Gloria Little: Great food, like pre-made pasta salad, salads, sandwiches, and other meals. If you're looking for a healthy affordable lunch or dinner .

Anil B: Good one

Farm And Finance Detroit: A beauty to see. Produce taste even better 😋

G Jones: good For the community

Joyce S: They're doing what we're supposed to be doing.

Michele Berry: We've seen it on tv and came downtown to see this fabulous farm in person. We will be back in the spring if not sooner

jayson pankin: Amazing place to receive fresh just picked vegetables in the heart of a very depressed battered neighborhood. Great beacon of hope. Thousands of volunteers from all over the world make a pilgrimage here all summer long. A new favorite place to visit and stay healthy with many varieties of common vegetables

Neeraj Korde: great community work and great food for the neighborhood.

Paul Olof: Pachamama bloom where you're planted

Robert Ball III: Great community farm offering education and services to those who desire it. The perfect place to learn or just take a minute to escape the surrounding cityscape.

Jamii Tata: Awesome farm, great resources, wonderful staff!

Elaniece Spicer: Try the garden resource program. It's a great resource for new and experienced gardeners.

Rescue MI Nature NOW: Great Learning space

KD teamDas: 👍

Tish Tansil: If you have the Michigan Bridge card, then you can purchase honey and get credits for vegetables and fruits.

b weaver: They are amazing, helpful, kind, and are doing it out of a love for the people of Detroit because a few years ago Detroit had a severe ack of grocery stores. These guys teach you how to grow stuff, let you borrow their tools, give out free seeds & plants, classes n everything from raising chickens to bees and all for a couple of jobs volunteering for a day and I think $20 for membership. They will do all they possibly can to help you succeed, and even show you how to sell your extra food!

Chris E.: Get my garden plants from here. Great, friendly people.

Baba Green Thumb: Always a great experience at this place.

Darius Hardrick: KGD is doing great things for the city of Detroit! I went to volunteer and learned so much while being there. The site was beautiful and the things that grow there are delicious! Keep up the great work KGD!!!

Ang W: awesome place. check out the online shop to pickup locally grown produce.

lisa copeland: Great safe practices

teacher michelle: Excellent customer service and great nutritional information by knowledgeable staff. Nutritious vegetables

Jusg: If you are planning to have a veggie garden this is the place to go for everthing you need. Everyone ther was so helpful and nice. The young woman that helped me pick out all my plants on my list, she told me what I needed and when I should plant it.The people were kind nice and everyone had the biggest smiles on their faces and it was chilly and rainy but they all were eager to help. I will go dack there in a heartbeat.

Todd Scott: Great to see this farm get rebooted via Keep Growing Detroit. It's a nice replacement for their former farm location near DTE and MGM. Being on the Dequindre Cut and at Eastern Market really helps improve access, too.

Sidonie Brooks: Definitely one of my favorite places to volunteer.

Joseph Sitko: View from MGM garage roof!!

Isidore Harris: Friendly staff and awesome volunteer opportunities.

Andrew: Volunteered for a few hours here. Nice operation they have.

Stephen Smith: Coolest people in the world

Detroiter Girl: Best place for holidays and families

Margaret Cunningham: So nice to sat in the garden very relaxing.

Keith F: They all have worked so hard and have accomplished so much in the time they have been a group. So many plans and ideas to come too! Officially met Barb and her husband today but had heard so much ahead of time about her drive and her many accomplishments. They are very friendly, stop and say Hi.

Jennifer Ragland ragtime123: I found the garden and it's founder a total joy and has left a permanent smile on my heart. 💙💙💙

Frank Nemecek: This is a great community garden. They also have an orchard near by. This spring, they are expanding to include a pocket park across the street from the garden.

Penrod Auto Repair: One of the few hidden Jems in Detroit !!! 😍😍😍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸You have to stop in to truly grasp this amazing place.

Anthony Williamson: Awesome place to visit. Real sense of Community. Organic Vegetables, and Free Range Eggs.

Deniqua Robinson: Treated kindly, welcoming community Other events are worth checking out and supporting.

COOK LIKE A BOSS IN DETROIT: Who doesn't love the fresh produce and other items at this easily accessed community farm?

Scott Adams: Great space for a special event.

Marian Jones: Nice farm area but need to clean up some areas. Had some nice mural paintings going on. I will make a return visit.

Stephanie Dickey: One of Detroits premier urban farms! Visit the Farmers market on Saturdays.

Thomas Taylor: Nice family environment. Met a lot of nice people.

K J: Unique items for sale and fresh vegetables. More to come next week.

Jesse R. Brown ND: Oakland Avenue Farms works in conjunction with Keep Growing Detroit. This is a great resource and value for families, community gardens and more. You can't can't beat the price which includes plants, seeds, compost, workshops, soil testing etc. Oakland Avenue Farms is a resources center for the compost but also does a lot of urban farming for the community.

Stacey Alphonso: The farm does awesome work and an asset to their community.

Lisa Rivera: Such a gem in the community. This place has it all: incredible people, amazing mission and the freshest produce to boot. The farm and the space was incredible like I was at an outdoor museum.

Dayonte Alexander: I don't remember

Barb Wiegand: Fabulous Community effort to bring Beauty, Goods and Food to the city of Detroit and the surrounding areas

Silent Cry Inc 2013: A beautiful space for anything 💕

alwayzcoolin: Very fun. We went to their Easter egg hunt on Apr 3rd. Friendly and welcoming people. Have shopped there also. Great greens and eggs.

Zené Gibson: Very Nice selection of locally grown vegetables.

C Taylor: Began by a small church congratulation and has grown. Great community presence with various activities. Still growing

Hannah Davis: This farm hosts weekly farmers' markets during the growing season and also has art and sculpture installations and special events.

Terri Smith: It was a very nice Farm very peaceful. I had lunch with a Detroit Gardening assistants program ..had a very nice time

Regina Marshall: Getto

Wade Scott: It's a beautiful garden next to capuchins kitchen for the homeless they grow their own vegetables been going there for years.

Ask!: Ask about the outstanding volunteer program they have!

Leticia Barclay: Nice

TAIWON B: Great people great place

Jenny & Alex: Awesome place and super people here!

Pastor Jackqueline Bowers franklin: I like different vegetables

Farm And Finance Detroit: Best source for healthy organic.

Carol Trowell: Urban gardening and works... Community outreach ...Keep Growing Detroit fall crop distribution

Jonathon hyde: Nice place

LM Cox: Very cool. People helping people!

Matthew Allen: Friendly volunteers. Good selection of veggies

Nate Kleinman: Impressive place. A certified organic vegetable farm in the heart of Detroit producing much more than food. Well worth your support.

Crucy Mitchell-Palacios: It's a great place where you can buy fresh vegetables and fruits every Thursday morning. Kind people and an excellent organization.

thedash Odom: Great place to buy fruits and vegetables on Thursday mornings

Tamesha and Big Juan Organics Smith: Grow veggies for you or for buisness great organization

Su'cora W.: I enjoyed the events here!! Love it

Margaret Myers: Fantastic place, fantastic people.

b weaver: They care about the community, they help gardeners of all kinds,they teach everything you'd want to learn about home growing, they're kind and generous...I could go on and on

Daniela N. Alonge: It's a great community place to get your fresh and local vegetables and fruits.

Reggie S: Staff is GREAT