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Great Milwaukee Blitz Kickoff

with Victory Garden Initiative

2026-04-04 14:00:00 2026-04-04 15:00:00 America/Chicago Great Milwaukee Blitz Kickoff Join Victory Garden Initiative staff for an introduction to the Great Milwaukee Blitz program, and learn how to get a garden bed installed at your home! Martin Luther King Branch - Community Room

Saturday, April 04
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-04 14:00:00 2026-04-04 15:00:00 America/Chicago Great Milwaukee Blitz Kickoff Join Victory Garden Initiative staff for an introduction to the Great Milwaukee Blitz program, and learn how to get a garden bed installed at your home! Martin Luther King Branch - Community Room

Martin Luther King Branch

Community Room

Join Victory Garden Initiative staff for an introduction to the Great Milwaukee Blitz program, and learn how to get a garden bed installed at your home!

Get a quick introduction to the Great Milwaukee Blitz program and learn how to get a garden bed installed at your home! You'll experience a "crash course" on gardening basics at this fun and interactive workshop. Harambee residents can enter to win a FREE garden bed. 

Victory Garden Initiative (VGI) was founded in 2009, sparked by a simple but powerful belief: everyone deserves access to fresh, healthy food. What began as a small group of passionate neighbors has grown into a citywide movement to transform Milwaukee’s food system—one garden at a time.

AGE GROUP: | Teens (13-18) | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Sustainability, Green, & Environmental | Health & Wellness |

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Martin Luther King Branch
Phone: 414-286-3000
Branch manager
Tiffany Thornton
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