A Garden by the Community, for the Community

Our garden is an ever-evolving creation…a fertile ground for producing nutritious local food, nurturing friendships, and connecting more closely to the processes of nature. The year’s unfolding brings unexpected delights as seeds sprout, flowers bloom, and vegetables mature and are gathered for harvest. Gardening can be challenging in this northern climate with frustratingly short growing seasons, unexpected early and late frosts, years with too much or too little rain, heavy clay soils, and of course the ubiquitous insects, weeds, and herbivores. Deer, rabbits, and voles love our fresh garden produce as much as we do! Many hands and many hearts have worked together to build a place that can sustain both body and soul of community members.

Our garden has a combination of individual growing plots for rent, as well as communal areas where a variety of crops are grown. Each season we work to supply fresh, local produce to the food shelf at St. John’s UCC.

The Madeline Island Community Garden is open sunup to sundown daily for plot renters to come and work in their space, harvest, or simply enjoy. As the garden is on leased private property and adjacent to a residence, please contact us for a tour and visit. We’d love to show you around!