Please enjoy reading the reflections from our 2023 Ground School Interns who we celebrated this August. Every year, we are blown away by the thoughtful presentations our Ground School students share with our community on the final day of the internship. Claire was no...
Agri-View Journalist Lynn Grooms wrote a story about Gathering Ground featuring our work with Ground School. Read the full article here: Sustainable-ag school ‘grounded’ WASHINGTON ISLAND, Wis. – On Washington Island lies Gathering Ground and its Ground...
Celebrate. Create. Harvest. Celebrate our 2023 interns with us Thursday August 10 at 10 am We are sending our 2023 Ground School Students, Claire, Tae and Isabelle, off to college. Help us celebrate their work this summer by joining us for their presentations...
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Saturday August 19, 2-5 pm. Need a break from the frenzy of summer? Join Colleen Koziara, Artist and Senior Wellness Consultant, for a fun afternoon of restorative art-marking at Gathering Ground. All art supplies will be provided. You...
Gathering Ground will offer its annual biking tour of island farms on Sunday, June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon. “We are pleased to offer this bike ride that highlights the wonderful produce of our island farms,” said Susan Buchanan, co-chair of this year’s bike tour. “The...
UPDATE: There is one ticket available to dinner in the vineyard. Please email alessandra@gatheringgroundwi.org to purchase it. Gathering Ground announces its 4th annual Dinner in the Vineyard on Friday, July 21, beginning at 4 P.M. This year the event features...
April 22 – 10 am at Heron Home, Washington Island. Is it a coincidence that Earth Day falls during National Poetry Month? We think not. Celebrate both this Earth Day with a Poetry Workshop. Contemplate the beauty of the world around us through poetry. A...
Gathering Ground is beginning to offer regularly scheduled gardening workshops this year each Thursday at 9:30 am May 25 – July 27, with occasional Thursdays in August and September. Workshops will be primarily led by Russell Rolffs, but also occasional guests....
GG is several years into answering the question: can you grow chestnuts in northern Wisconsin? When we started the project, I thought our biggest strike against us was our minimum winter temperatures. But the only time we have had significant tree die-off is the when...
Calling all gardeners who wish for more sunlight, a leg up on summer gardening, or some friends to do their gardening with: Gathering Ground is starting a community vegetable and herb garden this spring, 2023! Gathering Ground is going into its seventh growing...
