Garden Plans > 2022: Greenmead M2

About this Garden Plan

Greenmead Historical Park is a nearly 200-year-old, 95-acre historical park purchased by the City of Livonia in 1976 and operated by the City of Livonia’s Parks and Recreation Department. The park includes the historical Greenmead Farm and its outbuildings, a 13-building historical village, Greenmead Community Garden, Virginia B. Matley Nature Trail, and soccer fields. This park site was the 1820s homestead of Michigan pioneer Joshua Simmons. The farm complex features an 1841 Greek Revival farmhouse and its outbuildings and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The farm maintains its unique architectural character and is significant in that nine of its eleven original outbuildings are still intact. Built-in 1829, the North Barn was the first barn built in Livonia Township. The Simmons family lived in a modest frame house, while the barn, a building of primary importance, was the first major structure completed.

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Greenmead Historical Park, 8 Mile & Newburgh, Livonia MI
Garden Size: 24' 0" x 24' 0"
Garden Type: Community garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Heavy / Clay soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Desperado
249"5" x 1' 1" 
Cabbage (Fall) 42' 9"2' 7" x 2' 11" 
Cabbage (Spring) 32' 5"1' 11" x 2' 11" 
Cabbage (Summer) 31' 7"1' 5" x 1' 9" 
Calendula 611"9" x 1' 11"4/25/22, Started indoors, count 24
Carrot
 Nantes Half Long
113"3" x 5" 
Carrot
 Burpee A1 Hybrid
333"3" x 5" 
Chili Pepper
 Hungarian Yellow Wax
41' 1"11" x 1' 3" 
Marigold 327"7" x 7"4/25/22, Started indoors, count 24
Onion 325"3" x 7" 
Onions (Green) 403"3" x 3" 
Salvia
 Dwarf Red
3211"11" x 11"Bought a flat a Glenda's after they went on end-of-season sale
Scallions
 Evergreen Bunching
53"3" x 3" 
Squash (Summer)
 Butterstick Hybrid
31' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 
Squash (Winter)
 Buttercup
22' 11"2' 11" x 2' 11" 
Zinnia
 State Fair Mixed Colors
2211"11" x 11"4/25/22, Started indoors, count 24
Zucchini
 B's Fordhook Zucchini Organic
31' 11"1' 11" x 1' 11" 

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Beans (Bush Snap)
 Desperado
Cabbage (Fall)
Cabbage (Spring)
Cabbage (Summer)
Calendula
Carrot
 Nantes Half Long
Carrot
 Burpee A1 Hybrid
Chili Pepper
 Hungarian Yellow Wax
Marigold
Onion
Onions (Green)
Salvia
 Dwarf Red
Scallions
 Evergreen Bunching
Squash (Summer)
 Butterstick Hybrid
Squash (Winter)
 Buttercup
Zinnia
 State Fair Mixed Colors
Zucchini
 B's Fordhook Zucchini Organic



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