Spreading the word...

Would you print your own SEED DETROIT stickers if the artwork and templates were available online for free?


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Distributing the Seeds in Brush Park

to all those who helped kick off the distribution of the Wild Flower Seeds throughout Brush Park today...

Have You Seeded Detroit?

Photo documentation will follow the containers throughout the city by tracking the numbers on the containers....help us watch the urban prairie grow by logging your number below.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Help us track the containers by posting the following information in the COMMENTS section of this posting.

Container Number:
Location of Seeding: (Cross Streets)
Name (optional):

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4 Steps to Seeding Detroit

19 SQ FT

Packing Up to Go to the Site Tomorrow...

Creating a Site Sign...

Materials Include:

Existing U Channel Posts/Hardware

(Wood) Half of a Ping Pong Table

36"x50" lamintaed print

Spray Adhesive and Staples

Containers are filled....

Creating the Envelopes

Filling the Containers with Seeds

How to Participate...

Identifying the Seeds

Types of Seeds Distributed

Common Name:
Perennial Lupine
Purple Prairie Clover
Purple Coneflower
Clasping Coneflower
Scarlet Flax
Plains Coreopsis
Indian Blanket
Baby's Breath
Lemon Mint
Blanketflower
Tahoka Daisy
Dwarf Red Coreopsis
Rocket Larkspur
Corn Poppy
Dames Rocket
Evening Primrose
Black-Eyed Susan
Catchfly
Missouri Primrose
Mexican Hat
Cornflower
Toadflax
Tickseed

Seed Detroit Presentation

1 more day till Seeds are Distributed

There is 1 more day until the wildflower seeds will be distributed throughout Brush Park district. To participate look for the 'Seed Detroit' logo and start spreading the seeds throughout the vacant lots. The seed packets will be left up after Wednesday until they run out...have fun spreading the urban prairie throughout!!

Project Goal

The goal of the project is to spread wild flowers throughout the vacant lots of Brush Park to showcase the existing urban prairies.

The project aims to create a positive space for people through experiencing the existing prairie-like landscapes that are painted throughout the Brush Park district. Wildflower seeds will tag vacant lots throughout Brush Park with the intent for the community to actively participate in seeding Detroit.

The installation site: Brush Street, Detroit MI
A path will be carved out of the existing urban prairie along Brush Street to provide a private enclosure that promotes conversation and community. By containing the space within the native wild flowers the residents will be able to experience a piece of natural beauty within ‘urban decay.’ The installation site will be a model for what one can experience when wild flowers are introduced to the vacant lots. The wildflower seeds will aid in introducing new sites, smells and sounds that are nested within the urban prairies.

The tape and stakes were removed and the vacant lots were mowed....

Upon visiting the site to install stakes to tape off the section of urban prarie it was discovered that the wild flowers were mowed.