The First Annual Great Milwaukee Victory Garden Blitz was a success! From bottom of my compost pile, I’d like to thank everyone who participated. I can’t say that I have ever been involved in any project or social movement that has been so rewarding and successful. And the Planning Team…wow! The Dream Team of all planning teams. Dedicated, focused (except for the digressions that I have a knack for causing), intelligent, conscientious, forward-thinking, and full of integrity.
Thanks to all those who contributed materials, money, time, food and connections. Thanks to everyone who volunteered, installed a garden, or had a garden installed. And thanks to my mom and mother-in-law who kept the home fires burning while were blitzing all day. We came home to happy kids, a clean house, and food for the blast of a party that followed. Things are a-changing…and you are all part of it. Milwaukee (and, of course, my own hood, Shorewood) should be proud of this growing good food movement that is infecting everyone it reaches.
People keep asking me for a total…how many gardens were installed because of the Blitz? It’s really hard to say… some of my friends and neighbors got really excited about the Blitz and put their gardens in a couple weeks ago. Others decided that they would plant some food where they had flowers last year. And still others decided to make their gardens bigger. Many others put their food production in containers on the patio. But if we include the number installed only this weekend I’d have to say that it was close to 50! 50! That’s stupendous….really. Milwaukee gets it…we understand what the changes we are facing and we are behaving with deliberation and conviction. Way to go Milwaukee!
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