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Natalie Jakub, the creator of Lincoln Street Art Park and Activi-Tree Learning Center has an important update for you:
What does it take to transform a forgotten space? Last week at the Lincoln Street Art Park it took:
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55+ volunteers
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Hundreds of plants
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134 volunteer hours
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19 yards of soil/compost
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6 trees, and
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3 boxes of popsicles
To transform this
To this
With funding support from Mercedes Benz Financial, Gilbert Family Foundation, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and dozens of individuals like you, through our crowdfunding. As well as volunteers from corporate partners Energy Sciences, Ally, Progressive AE and MSU Extension we were able to make this day a standout success.
At the end of the very hot day while enjoying much needed popsicles we enjoyed the fact that we had
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installed a rain garden,
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a pollinator garden,
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two butterfly friendly shade gardens,
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made walkways look like walkways,
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stacked firewood,
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cleaned up over 112 lbs of trash,
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and planted 6 trees in mobile containers to move around the park depending on the event that is going on
More importantly, this work day provided an opportunity for giving back, for teamwork, for meeting new people, for laughs, for problem solving, and for taking time to get a little dirty.
With two more work days to go before the grand opening of the park we are excited to see how much transformation this park can undertake. If you want to support these work days please reach out to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Green Living Science at 1331 Holden St, Detroit, MI 48202
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