This is a map of all the past and present community gardens hosted by community groups, churches, and nonprofits as well as large scale urban farming over an acre in size. There is a great amount of opportunity in Detroit for urban growing, but it is not without it’s challenges. More recently, a number of large scale operations have reported multiple break-ins and theft of equipment.
Read more in the full 2017 Detroit Food Metrics Report here.
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With all the vacant lots in Detroit I’m sure this trend will continue. Detroit was known as the “City of Neighborhoods” maybe it will turn to the “City of Gardens”