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Gathering Ground Starts A Community Garden
Gathering Ground is excited to begin hosting a community garden on the Grounds in 2023. Our goal with the community garden is to have a common garden that invites everyone come to visit, learn in,...
Ground School Application Is Open
Ground School, Gathering Ground’s summer program focused on sustainability and agriculture, opens up applications for local students For five years, Gathering Ground has hosted a summer...
Wild And Precious: Year In Review
As I've been looking over photos and evaluations from this past summer's programs, I hear Mary Oliver whispering her poem "The Summer Day" in my ear. How she deftly juxtaposes the grasshoppers...
Small is prosperous: Growing Chestnuts
On the grand scheme of things a few acres of chestnuts on Washington Island sounds small. And it is. But small is mighty. Here are 4 reasons why a chesetnut orchard can have a big impact: Food: 1...
How to Support Gathering Ground
How to Support Gathering Ground Did you know monthly donors are a sustaining life force behind the programs of Gathering Ground? If one of your resolutions is to get more involved, we’d like to...
Ground School 2022 complete!
This first appeared in the Washington Island Observer. This summer Gathering Ground hosted seven students for its summer internship program, Ground School. This program creates an environment for...