May Microgreen & Mushroom Signup, Draft Recap, Heirloom Tomato Seedlings
#99: Spring Happenings @ Featherstone Garden
Welcome to Featherstone’s Garden Happenings Newsletter, where we share our garden updates, plant and fungi-forward recipes, details about our farmstand and onsite events, cat pics, & more. As a subscriber, you will be the first to know about our Garden Happenings. If you’re not a newsletter subscriber but would like to be, click below to sign up.
May Mushrooms and Microgreens: 4-week Subscription
Signup today to enjoy mushrooms and microgreens throughout the month of May! Each week you will receive a mix of nutrient-rich and super flavorful microgreens and/or one of our gourmet culinary mushroom varieties.
Pickup Dates:
Wednesday May 8, 15, 22, 29
Pickup Location: Featherstone Garden MorningSide
Wednesdays from 12-5pm
4178 Lakepointe Street Detroit
Visit our website for more details. If you prefer to pay with Venmo, or cash at the first pickup, text or email annie@featherstonegarden.com 704-996-3711
Pre-Order Heirloom Tomato Seedlings
Don’t forget to order your Featherstone Tomato Seedlings. Seedlings include cherry and slicer varieties: sungold, sunrise bumblebee, pink bumblebee, indigo cherry, gardener’s delight, sweetie, evil olive, black krim, green zebra, gold medal, Cherokee purple, mushroom basket, black strawberry, yellow pear, and more!
When you pickup, you can choose the varieties you would like!
Seedling Pickup Options:
Saturday May 11
12-4pm
Spot Lite Detroit
2905 Beaufait St. #4
48207
OR
Saturday May 18
10-4pm
Featherstone Garden Downtown
600 Plum St. Detroit
48201
Featherstone Downtown Draft Party Recap
Many thanks to Ame, Brent Smith, Alleece Brannon, Brittney B Hayden, DJ Mellow Yellow, The Disability Network of Wayne County, Motor City Grounds Crew, and Digital Custom Media for helping us kick off the 2024 garden season and celebrate the NFL Draft (GO LIONS) in our new greenhouse community space. Stay tuned for future events!
NOW OPEN: The Detroit People’s Food Co-op
The Detroit People’s Food Co-op is a Black-led and community-owned grocery cooperative. The co-op’s purpose is to provide improved access to healthy food and food education to Detroit residents. Meeting the needs of the community is achieved through the democratic control of the co-op by its member/owners.
We are hoping to become a future vendor at the co-op, but in the meantime there are amazing goods from so many other local producers to enjoy.
The store is now open (as of May 1) and they will also be hosting a Grand Opening event on May 18.
Thanks for reading!
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Have a great week,
Annie, Ame, Aaron & Dolly
+ Chili, Bean, Ginger, Marigold & Fig
(our farm cats ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞ ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞, ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎)
Rooted in Waawiyatanong (Detroit), Featherstone Garden is a femme and minority owned business that is dedicated to land stewardship and growing produce year-round for neighbors and local restaurants. As an all-natural operation, the garden intercrops veggies, herbs, fungi, and flowers that complement each other as companions, nurture soil and beneficial insects, and contribute to a healthy urban ecosystem. At both their downtown and MorningSide locations, Featherstone offers space for the community to enjoy the healing benefits of gardening and consuming plant and fungi-forward foods.