Groundwork Milwaukee

10/10/2026

Two days. One neighborhood. A whole lot of trees. 🌳

Join Groundwork Milwaukee for our 33rd & Hadley Kick-off Tree Planting! We're breaking ground on Groundwork MKE's new 33rd & Hadley Green Space in collaboration with Maxwell Farms, UW Extension, and Clean Wisconsin to bring nature-based solutions to climate change to the 30th street corridor.

📅 Fri, Oct. 16 + Sat, Oct. 17
⏰ 9 AM–12 PM
📍 33rd & Hadley (Across from Maxwell Farms)
👥 First-timers and familiar faces welcome!

A greener Milwaukee doesn’t happen on its own. It takes people power.

Grab your spot through the SignUpGenius link in our bio. 💪🌱

10/09/2026

When access to healthy foods started declining in the Metcalfe Park neighborhood, resident Grian Hollis-Maxwell took matters into her own hands.

Enter, Maxwell Farms 🌱

As a demonstration farm, Maxwell Farms not only provides access to fresh produce for her community, but also a place to learn about urban agriculture. She hopes to empower others in her community to grow their own food.

Food sovereignty is one of Groundwork MKE’s core goals; it means each community has the right to a food system that is healthy, culturally appropriate, and shaped by the people who rely on it. Grian’s work shows what that looks like in practice: neighbors growing, learning, and sharing fresh food right where they live. 🥕💛

As a part of this vision, Groundwork MKE is building a green space across from Maxwell Farms. The 33rd and Hadley Green Space will include fruit trees and raised garden beds as just one of our nature-based solutions to ecological issues in the neighborhood. Join us on Oct. 16th and 17th to volunteer at Maxwell Farms and Groundwork's new green space. Click the link in our bio to sign up! 🔗

10/01/2026

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves… 👋

For 20 years, Groundwork Milwaukee has been transforming land, training neighbors, and building community power across our city. Swipe to meet (or re-meet) the work, and send to someone in your neighborhood who you think should get involved.

Whether you’ve been here since day one or are just learning about Groundwork Milwaukee, we’ll be right here with you laying the groundwork. 🌱

07/16/2026

💨‼️That smoke is adding to an already dangerous situation with our extreme heat. Be safe out there.

Some information to keep in mind.

-Keep and eye on our young folks and elders as they are most at risk.

-Keep smoke out of the home or at least one room. Shut the windows, and stuff something into any big cracks in doorsways/windowsills. This heat makes it hardneighbors without a/c.

-Check air quality like the weather! Plan your day around it. Our friends MKE FreshAir Collective are always doing the work to keep our lungs safe and are a good source to stay updated on current conditions.

-Don't overdo it in the garden or elsewhere outside! The plants, work, and fun will be here tomorrow. We want you to be here too!

07/02/2026

We’re excited to relaunch our Green Team this year after a three-year hiatus! We’re honored to work alongside the other members of the Environmental Youth Collaborative in preparing the next generation of environmental leaders!

06/27/2026

We're adjusting our programing next week to care for ourselves during the heat. Are there any garden tool experts in our community available to lead our Green Team in learning on how to maintain and the shovels, pruners, rakes, and other tools we use to steward the sacred outdoor spaces in our city?

We're looking for someone to join us Tuesday, June 30th sometime between 11:15 and 3:30pm. Hit us up here if this sounds like something you'd like to lead us with, or at [email protected].

06/11/2026

Love being a part of the Groundwork network of locally controlled affiliates and our leading partner Groundwork USA. Thanks for the spotlight and we’re grateful to learn and lead with you!

… Continued

06/08/2026

We are so appreciative of all our partners, community garden leaders, and volunteers! You all give us hope, and are helping us sustain Milwaukee's sacred green spaces!🌳💗🏡

06/04/2026

For 25 years, The MKE Grows Garden Network, facilitated by Groundwork Milwaukee, has convened and built power with nearly 100 community gardens and their leaders to realize our vision of an environmentally healthy we city. We stay committed to advancing community gardens as community institutions for decades to come. Today, we invite you to join our effort to sustain our sacred green spaces in Milwaukee! To donate, please visit: https://groundworkmke.networkforgood.com/projects/299408-sustain-our-sacred-spaces

06/01/2026

We're sharing more photos from our Arbor Day events from this past April! 🌳 Along with many community groups, we planted 21 trees at Moody Park in the Amani Neighborhood! We are grateful for everyone who came out and helped us work to sustain some of Milwaukee's sacred green spaces! 🏡🎍

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Dominican Center Amani United