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Living Health, Nutrition, and Recreation Hospital Garden - St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor

Hospital Garden - St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
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Ann Arbor, Michigan - St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is staying ahead of the times by returning to its roots. On a chilly, misty spring morning, a team of associates and volunteers constructed a solar ‘hoop house’ to grow tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables year-round, and also tilled four acres with a horse-drawn plow for the purpose of planting seasonal crops.

http://www.sjmercyhealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=42&action=detail&ref=252

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