Hello Neighbors! We are Gathering Ground – the nonprofit that now manages the former Lyons vineyard on Lake View and Airport. We want to say hello...
Who is Gathering Ground? (Island mailer)
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The Grounds
Baa Baa Baa — Sheep at Gathering Ground!
In April, 2020, we will be welcoming six White Dorper hair sheep to Gathering Ground. We couldn't be more excited. A big part of our motivation is...
The Chestnut Orchard
2019 was an exciting year for the chestnut orchard. We planted 70 additional chestnut trees, bringing the total to 100 trees. It was very promising...
Raised Beds at the Island School
This spring, Gathering Ground will be working with Jessica Dennis at the Island School to get some early season vegetables sprouting up in the...
How about them apples?
Apples are high on the list for backyard gardeners. Gathering Ground is working to identify delicious apples that grow relatively free of disease...
End-of-Year Report
We are excited to share our first Annual Report!A Few Highlights: From Russell Rolffs, Board President: In 2018, we will also begin pioneering a...
Partnership
by Margaret Foss, Board Member A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong...
To Gathering Ground as it turns one year old
by Laurel Hauser, Board Member It's been an honor to have been a part, even in a very humble way, of Gathering Ground's first year and to...
Abundance
by Alessandra Rolffs, Executive Director Three cheers for Gathering Ground! We've made it through the first year. I've been so inspired to...
Visit from Growing Power’s Will Allen
This photo and caption originally appeared in the Washington Island Observer Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power, a Milwaukee-based...