Thanks to a grant from John C. Bock Foundation and a group volunteers, we were able to build deer exclosures along our forest trail on our farm. We...
Volunteers Help Build Deer Exclosure
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Education
Ground School, A Reflection
Please enjoy reading the reflections from our 2023 Ground School Interns who we celebrated this August. Every year, we are blown away by the...
Thursday Workshops at The Grounds
Gathering Ground is beginning to offer regularly scheduled gardening workshops this year each Thursday at 9:30 am May 25 - July 27, with occasional...
Awarded SARE Grant for Youth Educators
Ground School was awareded a grant from SARE, a departement of the USDA, that focuses on Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education. The grant...
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...
Applications are open for Summer 2022
*UPDATE: The Summer 2022 application window has closed. Sign up for our newsletter in the footer to be the first to know when we're accepting new...
Review of the Summer Internship
by Sophia Hagen Having grown up on Washington Island, I'm always seeking opportunities to go home during the summer, so I was excited to learn about...
Ecocriticism Pt. 3: Haunted Landscapes and Agricultural Land
By Emma Knickelbine, Gathering Ground Intern 2021 In my last two blog posts, I have set before you some ecocritical theories that have had a huge...
Ecocriticism Pt. 2: Trans-corporeality and the Farm
by Emma Knickelbine, Gathering Ground Intern 2021 As an ecocritic, it's important to me to communicate ecocritical and scientific ideas in language...
Listen to the sound of biodiversity
Our 2021 Summer Intern Isabella shared about the biodiversity at Gathering Ground through music. She takes us on a journey to understand the...