Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council
Reconnecting food, place and community



Lettuce and Knife
Perkins Community Garden
A growing garden community located between
Leonard and Knapp at 1625 Perkins NE


Plots available for 2010!
Click here for an Application (PDF)

Spring
Zinnias
produce

Come grow with us!  2010 is the fifth season of the new, re-organized Perkins Community Garden.  Hundreds of pounds of produce have been grown to feed families from throughout Grand Rapids.  A wide variety of gardening styles are employed, including gardeners that grow plants that remind them of home, be that a Hudsonville farm, a garden in the deep south, or even traditional crops from north Africa or India.

 Want to join us with a plot of your own?  Fill out an application today!

The Perkins Community Garden was re-established with the help of the Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council in 2006.  The garden is fully plumbed and access to water is included in the modest $50 rental fee ($35 senior or low-income for first plot).  The typical plot is 1,000 square feet, most often 25' by 40'. 

The entire garden area is fenced.  Members of the garden community make sure that the fence stays in good repair so the local critters stay in the woods where they belong.  In years past, members of our community were able to also secure donations of woodchip mulch, straw, and horse manure to share with other gardeners to help build the soil.Summer!

Consider what you might grow in 2010 with a little soil, sun and water and come join us!

Contact Tom or Paul for more info.  Click here for a map to the garden.



Special thanks to our partners in the City of Grand Rapids
Water and Parks departments for a successful 2009!


last updated 3/2/10

Food Systems Council
Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council

a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving West Michigan
ggrfsc@gmail.com