Active soil sites across Ohio and the Green Crew apprentices

Pocket parks and wildflower patches maintained by residents on formerly vacant parcels.

Cleveland

Akron

Toledo

Dayton & Youngstown

Hough and Slavic Village lots planted with purple coneflower and black-eyed Susan alongside historic double-brick homes.

Summit Lake perimeter beds restored with swamp milkweed and goldenrod to draw native pollinators.

Old West End corner spaces converted from broken concrete to clustered perennial pollinator waystations.

West Side and North Side lots managed by neighborhood stewards turning heavy clay into fertile soil.

Volunteers and crew members cutting concrete and planting young oak and maple saplings along residential brick streets in Ohio.

Paid training in urban soil and native planting

The Green Crew brings young adults from participating neighborhoods onto active sites for seasonal work. Apprentices learn soil grading, native perennial identification, tool maintenance, and perennial division under experienced supervisors.

Wages are paid weekly through municipal grants and community contributions. No prior landscaping background is required; sturdy work boots and a willingness to handle heavy Ohio clay are all that we ask.

Distributed each spring and autumn at neighborhood field offices across Cleveland, Akron, and Toledo for local residents.