New City Neighbors

Friday Volunteer Day (August 1)
2025-08-01 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Come to the farm and help our farmers prep for farmer’s markets. We will be asking volunteers to assist with harvest, washing, weeding, and packing greens to support our food access work on the SE and NE sides of Grand Rapids in partnership with Our Kitchen Table, the Creston Neighborhood Association, Baxter Community Center, and North End Community Ministry. Volunteering is open to the community, fill out our volunteer onboard form and show up ready to get dirty!

Friday Volunteer Day (July 25)
2025-07-25 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Friday Volunteer Day (July 18)
2025-07-18 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Friday Volunteer Day (July 11)
2025-07-11 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Friday Volunteer Day (June 27)
2025-06-27 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Friday Volunteer Day (June 20)
2025-06-20 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Friday Volunteer Day (June 13)
2025-06-13 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Friday Volunteer Day (June 6)
2025-06-06 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Farm Club (May 30)
2025-05-30 10:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Back this year, bring your households to experience the farm in a different way. Help us to seed, pot up, transplant, and get your hands in the soil. These events are geared towards ages 5-18 accompanied by adult household members as an opportunity to learn more about regenerative and sustainable small-scale agriculture, where our food comes from, and the work that goes into producing nutrient-rich food. Space is limited, sign up today! Contact joanna@newcityneighbors.org with any question.

Farm Club (May 16)
2025-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Back this year, bring your households to experience the farm in a different way. Help us to seed, pot up, transplant, and get your hands in the soil. These events are geared towards ages 5-18 accompanied by adult household members as an opportunity to learn more about regenerative and sustainable small-scale agriculture, where our food comes from, and the work that goes into producing nutrient-rich food. Space is limited, sign up today! 10a-12p Contact joanna@newcityneighbors.org with any question.

Gardenpalooza & Community Volunteering
2025-05-10 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-03 09:00 - 15:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Garden Palooza will meet your green-thumb needs and kick of your spring with the knowledge and plants needed to grow your own food. We will be selling plant starts as well as coffee and baked goods. No sign up needed, click here to learn more!

New City Café Re-Opening
2025-04-17 16:00 - 19:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
New City Café will be re-opening for the season! Join us for pizza from our wood-fired oven, breadsticks, soup, salad, dips, and baked goods. We can’t wait to serve you on Thursdays form 4-7 PM.

Spring Soirée
2025-04-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Monroe Community Church, 1020 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
You are invited to our Spring Soirée! Celebrate our journey with a night of food, drinks, live music, and an exclusive silent auction. This event will engage you with our staff, board, and fellow community members that are making an impact. Let us share our hospitality with you and thank you for fueling our mission through your generosity. Learn more here.

Taste & See (November)
2024-11-21 17:00 - 18:30 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Taste and See the essence of New City Neighbors! Tour our Farmhouse and hear about our programs and mission over delicious pizza. Sign up here to save your spot!

Tunnel Building Farmer Workshop
2024-11-20 13:00 - 17:00 | Plainsong Farm, 6677 12 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, Michigan, 49341
Come to this workshop to learn how to build your own season extension high tunnel! We will discuss how to bend your own hoops for a Caterpillar tunnel and a commonly purchased Farmer Friends tunnel design. If the wind allows, we will pull poly on one or two of the tunnels. The workshop portion will be from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., but participants can arrive early (anytime after 1 p.m.) and help the NCN crew ahead of the workshop to gain more hands-on experience. Please check our Facebook event the day of for weather cancelations due to rain or extreme cold. This workshop is made possible through a collaboration with the USDA FSA office and WMEAC.

Irrigation Farmer Workshop
2024-11-12 15:30 - 17:30 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Come to this workshop to improve your irrigation-building skills. We will tour NCN’s automated irrigation system, look at drip line and overhead irrigation systems, and build an irrigation manifold so participants can learn how to make a variety of irrigation connections. This is helpful information for farmers and homesteaders. This event is rain or shine; we will be in our greenhouse if the weather is poor. This workshop is made possible through a collaboration with the USDA FSA office and WMEAC.

Mailing Volunteer Day (November)
2024-11-04 10:00 - 14:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Volunteer with New City Neighbors to help us with our mailing! Task include stuffing and sealing envelopes. This is an easy opportunity to get involved, sign up here.

Garlic Planting Volunteer Day
2024-11-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Plainsong Farm, 6677 12 Mile Rd NE, Rockford, Michigan, 49341
Come help the NCN and Plainsong team plant Garlic in the ground for overwintering. Each season, we plant over 10,000 cloves of Garlic, and many hands make the work light. Participants can take home some Garlic seeds for their own home planting! This event will continue rain or shine.

Taste & See (October)
2024-10-17 17:00 - 18:30 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Fall Festival
2024-10-02 17:00 - 19:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Join us for a night of spooky fall fun! This is a free event for all ages with indoor and outdoor activities to win fun prizes. No sign up required just show up for free donuts and cider, face painting, games, competitions, scavenger hunt, and more. Food will be available for purchase.

Taste & See (September)
2024-09-19 17:00 - 18:30 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

Farm Volunteer Day (September)
2024-09-01 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Get your hands in the dirt with a farm volunteer work day. Tasks include landscaping, mulching, general clean up, and more. Join us with sun and fun while helping out with outdoor farm work. Contact joanna@newcityneighbors.org for more information and/or questions. Sing up here.

Urban Farming Game Design Listening Session
2024-07-17 17:00 - 19:30 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Come join other West Michigan urban farmers to help co-design an urban farming version of your favorite board game. Input gathered in this fun and interactive listening session will help design an urban farming board game that will help agricultural service providers better understand the challenges and opportunities of urban farming. This is a family-friendly event. Free wood-fired pizza will be provided for participants, and farmers will receive a $50 stipend for their participation. Register here today!

Farm Volunteer Day (June)
2024-06-01 09:00 - 12:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Get your hands in the dirt with a farm volunteer work day. Tasks include mulching, plant transplanting, weeding, and more. Join us with sun and fun while helping out with outdoor farm work. Contact joanna@newcityneighbors.org for more information and/or questions. Sign up here.

Gardenpalooza
2024-05-11 09:00 - 15:00, 2024-05-04 09:00 - 15:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Garden Palooza will meet your green-thumb needs and kick of your spring with the knowledge and plants needed to grow your own food. We will be selling plant starts, coffee and baked goods, and having free gardening/farming workshops. No sign up needed, click here to learn more!

New City Café Re-Opening
2024-05-02 16:00 - 19:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
New City Café will be re-opening for the season! Join us for pizza from our wood-fired oven, breadsticks, soup, salad, dips, and baked goods. We can’t wait to serve you on Thursdays!

Spring Soirée
2024-04-16 18:30 - 20:30 | Monroe Community Church, 1020 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
The Spring Soirée is a fundraiser that includes food, drinks, live music, and a silent auction. We want to start our year off with celebration and good times, ticket sales are open now! Learn more and purchase tickets here.

Mailing Volunteer Day (March)
2024-03-11 10:00 - 14:00 | The Farmhouse, 1115 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Volunteer with New City Neighbors to help us with our mailing! Task include sealing our printed newsletter to be mailed. This is an easy opportunity to get involved, sign up here.
