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Welcome to the Lansing Youth Gardening Coalition Website!
A group of youth garden leaders has come together to create a coalition to provide support and resources to youth gardens in the
Greater Lansing area. YGC is looking to reach out to youth who are or want to be part of the youth gardening effort.
Why Promote Youth Gardens?
Garden-Based Nutrition Education
Children are more likely to eat something when they make it themselves. From the seed to the kitchen; eating food
that they made with their own hands influences behavior more anything else can. Combine that with a variety of
hands-on educational activities and repetition of positive experiences involving fruits and vegetables, and you will
find children trying foods they never tried before. Then there is the added bonus of what time outside in the garden
can do for a child’s physical and emotional health. The opportunities for your child to grow with the garden are
endless. There is a sense of pride and accomplishment for all every step of the way, from germination to harvest.
Visit our Resources page to learn more about starting a youth garden, from growing tips to assistance from partners
in the Greater Lansing Area.
A group of youth garden leaders has come together to create a coalition to provide support and resources to youth gardens in the
Greater Lansing area. YGC is looking to reach out to youth who are or want to be part of the youth gardening effort.
Why Promote Youth Gardens?
- The National Gardening Association states that gardening:
- Promotes responsible Earth stewardship
- Promotes physical and emotional health
- Enhances local and global communities
- Infuses beauty into our lives
- Provides extraordinary learning environments
Garden-Based Nutrition Education
Children are more likely to eat something when they make it themselves. From the seed to the kitchen; eating food
that they made with their own hands influences behavior more anything else can. Combine that with a variety of
hands-on educational activities and repetition of positive experiences involving fruits and vegetables, and you will
find children trying foods they never tried before. Then there is the added bonus of what time outside in the garden
can do for a child’s physical and emotional health. The opportunities for your child to grow with the garden are
endless. There is a sense of pride and accomplishment for all every step of the way, from germination to harvest.
Visit our Resources page to learn more about starting a youth garden, from growing tips to assistance from partners
in the Greater Lansing Area.
The Youth Gardening Coalition are currently
planning sessions for the upcoming
Everybody Eats: Cultivating Food
Democracy conference in February 2012.
Save the Date
Everybody Eats: Cultivating Food Democracy
February 10th & 11th 2012 in Lansing, MI
Click here to learn more!
Upcoming YGC meeting
Monday, January 13, 2012
11-12:30 @ Gone Wired on Michigan Ave
planning sessions for the upcoming
Everybody Eats: Cultivating Food
Democracy conference in February 2012.
Save the Date
Everybody Eats: Cultivating Food Democracy
February 10th & 11th 2012 in Lansing, MI
Click here to learn more!
Upcoming YGC meeting
Monday, January 13, 2012
11-12:30 @ Gone Wired on Michigan Ave
| Interested in gardening workshops, classes, events, & summer camps in the greater Lansing area? Check out Let's Garden Lansing at www.letsgardenlansing.org or call (517) 272-4146 |
Lansing Youth Gardening Coalition Garden Mentor Program
Are you looking to start a new youth garden in the Lansing area? Do you have
questions and wish there was an experienced youth garden leader to talk to?
Look no more! A Garden Mentor is here! As a community service, members of
Lansing Youth Gardening Coalition are volunteering their time to offer a
one-hour consultation from experienced youth garden leaders. Your garden
mentor will visit your site and come prepared to offer advice, information about
local resources, and answer to your specific garden questions (to the best of
their abilities!). This one time visit with a garden mentor will help to get you
going, connected you to local resources, and welcome you in to the Lansing
youth gardening community! Our ability to meet in spring may be limited; please
give us advance notice of your interest. For more information, contact Joy
Baldwin at (517) 999-2894.
Are you looking to start a new youth garden in the Lansing area? Do you have
questions and wish there was an experienced youth garden leader to talk to?
Look no more! A Garden Mentor is here! As a community service, members of
Lansing Youth Gardening Coalition are volunteering their time to offer a
one-hour consultation from experienced youth garden leaders. Your garden
mentor will visit your site and come prepared to offer advice, information about
local resources, and answer to your specific garden questions (to the best of
their abilities!). This one time visit with a garden mentor will help to get you
going, connected you to local resources, and welcome you in to the Lansing
youth gardening community! Our ability to meet in spring may be limited; please
give us advance notice of your interest. For more information, contact Joy
Baldwin at (517) 999-2894.