We now have almost everything we need to carry out the seed bombing of Water Street on May 1, as you can see from the above photo, which I just snapped in my living room. The seeds arrived today from Native Connections, and, on my way home from work, I purchased 100-pounds of red clay […]
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STATUS REPORT: The Seed Bombing of Water Street
Posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor Art Center, forbs, FundRazr, May Day, Motawi Tileworks, native plants, Paypal, pot luck, red clay, Rovin Ceramics, seed bombing, Water Street, Wildtype 6 Comments
We need $500 to seed bomb Water Street, and we’re almost there already!
I have a few updates relative to our May 1 seed bombing of Water Street. We reached out to a few reputable, in-state suppliers of native seed, and heard back from Native Connections in Three Rivers, Michigan that they had a prepared mix that might meet our needs. It contains significantly more species than we’d […]
Posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bluestem, call to action, Canada Wild Rye, composting, forbs, fundraisers, FundRazr, Indian Grass, June Grass, Native Connections, native plants, red clay, Sedge, seed bombing, seeds, Switchgrass, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project 10 Comments
The Seed Bombing of Water Street will happen on May 1
On Thursday evening, the Ypsilanti Parks and Recreation Commission met, and considered our proposal to adopt an acre of Water Street right alongside Michigan Avenue, just west of South River Street. I don’t think it will be official until Monday, but the members present agreed unanimously with the project as I explained it. So, it […]
Posted in Agriculture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged adopt a park, Bill Schneider, bio-remediatin, Black Eyed Susan, brownfield, call to action, Canada Wild Rye, catapults, Common Evening Primrose, Common Milkweed, Dairy Queen, ecology, flowers, forbs, Indian Grass, invasive species, Jason Tallant, Michigan Avenue, native plants, remediation, River Street, Sand Tickseed, seed bombing, slingshots, spotted knapweed, trebuchet, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Wildtype, Yarrow, Ypsilanti Parks and Recreation Commission 44 Comments