Hunter Park GardenHouse

Hunter Park GardenHouse Year-round farm and gardening education center on Lansing's Eastside. We are open 5 days a week, and offer a wide assortment of programs.
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The Hunter Park GardenHouse, a project of Allen Neighborhood Center, serves as a demonstration site and hub for year-round garden education, where neighbors volunteer to grow food, flowers, and community, and youth develop job and life skills in service to the neighborhood. Since 2008, the Hunter Park GardenHouse has empowered neighbors to grow, prepare, and eat healthy food to better their health

and become better connected with the community. Our current programs include:

Garden Education Workshops & Services
Gardening Workshops- a full menu of year-round gardening workshop options. Urban Gardener Certification Course, a multi-session course teaching a variety of skills including planting food crops, designing home gardens, seed starting, composting, and soil science. GardenHouse Products
In effort to become financially sustainable, we are expanding our selection of products and services for sale, in which money raised will benefit our charitable programs, allowing us to provide services and programs for neighbors who can’t afford to pay. Our main annual fundraiser include a spring plant sale of vegetable and herb starts, a fall native plant sale, and regular produce sales through the Allen Neighborhood Center’s Veggie Box program. Growing Food
We grow and sell produce through a Multi-Season, multi-grower CSA- The Allen Neighborhood a Center Veggie Box. Youth Programs
Take Root Garden Club- a youth program for ages 5-10, focusing on nutrition and fitness education through gardening. Youth Service Corps- a job and life skills training program for youth ages 11-17, in which youth participate in service-learning projects focusing on food access: Garden-in-a-Box, Edible Park, Park Cart, and Fruit Tree Project.

Seeding with the Crew!
03/25/2026

Seeding with the Crew!

FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION!!!🌼 Details:• 25 seed packets per person• First come, first served• While supplies last Bring a f...
03/17/2026

FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION!!!

🌼 Details:
• 25 seed packets per person
• First come, first served
• While supplies last

Bring a friend, start a garden, and let’s grow together 🌱 🌿🌱🌿🌱🌿🌱🌿🌱

02/26/2026

Today we built a salad greens bubble washer to make cleaning our greens faster and easier, and our shoulders are thanking us already!

No more spinning until our arms fall off.We upgraded our salad spinner setup too, so harvesting and washing greens will be smoother than ever. Fresh greens, happy farmers, and smarter systems all around!

Our next Workshop is coming up!Learn from our GardenHouse Manager, Nate Kermiet, about irrigation and how to implement i...
02/20/2026

Our next Workshop is coming up!
Learn from our GardenHouse Manager, Nate Kermiet, about irrigation and how to implement it in your garden!

REGISTER HERE!
Irrigation 101 w/ Nate Kermiet Tickets, Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite https://share.google/snHly0Y8R4oksGziB

While checking our aronia bushes, we spotted not one...but four praying mantis egg cases! These little foam-like nests ...
02/17/2026

While checking our aronia bushes, we spotted not one...but four praying mantis egg cases! These little foam-like nests (called ootheca) will hatch dozens of baby mantises this spring.
Praying mantises are amazing garden allies.They help keep pest populations in check naturally, meaning less need for sprays and more balance in the ecosystem.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on these nests as the weather warms. Nature’s pest control at its finest!

2026 Hunter Park GardenHouse Workshop Series is up!REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/m/ANC
01/27/2026

2026 Hunter Park GardenHouse Workshop Series is up!

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/m/ANC

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our 2026 Hunter Park GardenHouse Workshop Series! These classes, taught by our talented and knowledge staff and community guests, will focus on different farming-related skills. Our classes include:

Body Product Making w/ 1991greenery,LLC - February 7 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Farm Tools 101 w/ Half Barn Farm and Nate Kermiet - April 18 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Hunter Park Tree Walk w/ Kelsi Briana Smith - May 16 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Flower Arranging - August 21 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Introduction to Food Preservation w/ Egypt Krohn of Dragonfly Downs Farm - September 12 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Herbal Tea 101 w/ Lauryn McDaniel - September 26 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Fiber Arts Gardening w/ Morgan Daugherty of Tender Hearts Garden - October 10 from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Water Bath Canning w/ Dragonfly Downs Farm - October 17 from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Native Seed Keeping & Seed Bombs - November 7 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

3 Sistas Farm Collective Seed Swap - November 14 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Sign up for these classes at the link below!

https://bit.ly/hpgh-workshop-2026

Pulled our baby carrots out today!!! 🥕🥕
01/22/2026

Pulled our baby carrots out today!!! 🥕🥕

EXCITING NEWS!!!!
01/13/2026

EXCITING NEWS!!!!

“Palestinian seeds are like Palestinian people.”

Here on the Eastside, we’re blessed with an incredible diversity of neighbors from all over the world. 11.6% of our neighbors were born outside of the United States, with countless others descended from immigrants.

We’ve been especially lucky to have folks from Palestine contribute to our community, notably with Reem Hanna moving here and re-opening our beloved Jerusalem Pita and More, which provides not only delicious dishes, but a grocery store containing ingredients hard to find elsewhere.

When walking through Hunter Park, Monica, the mother of one of our neighbors, saw the signs in our GardenHouse highlighting Indigenous crops that we’re growing through our partnership with Giitigan, and immediately saw a strong similarity between the experiences of the Indigenous people and Palestinians, specifically with their history, existence, and way of life. This family (some still living in Palestine) is deeply passionate about the Palestinian experience, with Monica’s daughter interviewing current Palestinian residents through her work at MSU. She also loved being in our GardenHouse, with the friendly neighbors, free produce, and community feel.

Seeing the care with which our GardenHouse team and volunteers took care of these plants and spending some time with us, she brought some seeds from Palestine that she and her ancestors have been keeping for generations, along with seeds from the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library, and gave us the great privilege of growing and replenishing them.

At Allen Neighborhood Center, we have always strived to ensure that our programs reflect the wonderful community we’re in. Recently, we were gifted a hoop house from our friends at the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project for the purpose of growing culturally important crops to save seed from and distribute back to our neighbors free of cost. These seeds will find their home in our hoop house, and we can’t wait to see them bloom. Expect to see:

Palestinian Koosa Squash
Battir Eggplant
Molokhia
Palestinian Fakous (Fahcose) squash
Palestinian Swiss Chard
Za'atar (wild Thyme)
Origanum Syriaca (Greek Sage)
Palestinian Okra
Fava Beans

The GardenHouse was never meant to just be a farm. It was meant to be a place where people came together and where they picked food as a community – a place where connections are made. We are honored to have the opportunity to grow and maintain these seeds, and could not take this responsibility more seriously. Thank you Monica, for trusting us with something so important and meaningful.

Happy Holidays from the GardenHouse Team!As we wrap up another incredible year, we want to extend our heartfelt thank yo...
12/22/2025

Happy Holidays from the GardenHouse Team!

As we wrap up another incredible year, we want to extend our heartfelt thank you to everyone who has brought their time, energy, and good cheer to the GardenHouse. This year brought a lot of change and plenty of hard work, but through it all, our community showed up with kindness, creativity, and dedication.

Because of you, the GardenHouse continues to grow as a space for learning, connection, and joy. We’re so grateful for every volunteer, visitor, and friend who helped make this year special.

Wishing you all a peaceful, happy, and restorative holiday season and we can’t wait to grow with you in the new year!

— Hillary,Nate,Dinah & Lauryn 🌿

Address

500 Clifford Street
Lansing, MI
48912

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 12pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 12pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 12pm
Thursday 5pm - 7:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+15179993910

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