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 internship program drawing students from across the country to Washington...
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 “enormous and complicated eyes” to her...
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 acre of chesnut trees produces 1,000s of lbs of food each year. A...
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 suggest you become a monthly donor to Gathering Ground. It’s easy! With...
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 students to learn about the theory and practice of sustainable farming...
