East Quad Garden, Residential College, East Quadrangle, 701 E University Ave, University of Michigan, July 23, 2022

"East Quad Garden is an interdisciplinary project conceived by students, faculty, and staff in the spring of 2013. Our goal is to support students who wish to experience community food systems initiatives. The East Quad Garden integrates an experiential teaching method through hands-on instruction that promotes equitable and environmentally sound practices.

Nearly three years in the planning, the garden is an accessible space that features an outdoor classroom, raised planters, picnic tables and benches, and a hand-built pollinator habitat. The garden’s Faculty Director, Virginia Murphy, and local craftsman, Rob Heroux, collaboratively designed the habitat. Through the generosity of the Maltz Family Foundation, the garden has recently added bio-boxes to extend its growing season, and a rain collection watering system. Fruit trees ring the 18 planters that each season hold a myriad of vegetables, while the adjoining hillside is dedicated to over 50 species of indigenous, perennial pollinator plants."

https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/programs-and-community-engagement/east-quad-garden.html