GrowSzn

06/05/2026

🌱 GrowSzn Garden Tip: Build Your Soil While You Grow Food!

Not every plant takes from the soil. Some crops actually help improve it, making your garden stronger for future harvests.

🌿 A Soil-Building Starting Lineup

🥇 Beans

* Help add nitrogen to the soil.
* Great for beginners.
* Produce food while feeding the garden.

🥈 Peas

* Another nitrogen-fixing crop.
* Excellent for spring and fall gardens.
* Roots benefit the soil even after harvest.

🥉 Radishes

* Break up compacted soil with their strong roots.
* Grow quickly, making them perfect for kids and new gardeners.

🌻 Sunflowers

* Create deep channels in the soil with their roots.
* Attract pollinators and beneficial insects.
* Add organic matter when stalks and leaves decompose.

🍀 Clover

* A living mulch and cover crop.
* Helps protect bare soil and adds nitrogen.
* Great for pathways and resting garden beds.

🥬 Collard Greens

* Produce lots of leafy material that can be composted and returned to the garden.
* Help keep soil covered and protected.

🧅 Onions

* Can help maximize space while their roots create pathways for water and air movement.

🌱 Team Strategy

A healthy garden isn’t just about growing tomatoes and peppers. Mix in crops that:
✅ Add nitrogen
✅ Break up compacted soil
✅ Attract pollinators
✅ Keep soil covered
✅ Create organic matter

The goal is to leave your soil a little better than you found it every season.

“We’re not just growing food—we’re growing healthier soil for the families who come after us.”

06/02/2026

GrowSzn :Placenta Garden Integration

A Specialized Postpartum Service

Placenta Garden Integration has been a part of GrowSzn’s postpartum offerings and continues to be available for birthing persons who choose this service.

Placenta Garden Integration is a unique service offered by GrowSzn for birthing persons who wish to have their placenta transformed into a living herb garden.

Your placenta helped nourish life. Through this service, it can continue supporting growth by being integrated into soil used to cultivate a living plant that can be cared for and enjoyed long after birth.

This is not placenta encapsulation. GrowSzn does not offer placenta encapsulation or placenta consumption services.

This is also not a training, coaching, or educational program on placenta processing. GrowSzn does not teach families, doulas, gardeners, or community members how to perform Placenta Garden Integration.

This service is performed exclusively by GrowSzn for eligible birthing persons who have their own placenta available for integration.

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What’s Included

🌱 Placenta-to-soil integration performed by GrowSzn

🌱 One herb plant selected and planted by GrowSzn

🌱 Planter and planting materials

🌱 Plant care instructions for your completed garden

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$100 Flat Rate

Payment is due at the time of placenta pick-up.

Services begin after payment is received.

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Eligibility

This service is available to birthing persons with a placenta available for integration.

GrowSzn does not provide instructions, workshops, classes, consultations, or demonstrations on the Placenta Garden Integration process.

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Booking Process

1. Contact GrowSzn before or shortly after birth.
2. Arrange placenta pick-up.
3. Submit payment at pick-up.
4. GrowSzn completes the Placenta Garden Integration service.
5. Receive your completed Placenta Garden.

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About GrowSzn

GrowSzn supports families through postpartum-centered services that encourage connection, growth, and care. Placenta Garden Integration is one of the ways we honor the transition into parenthood through a living garden experience.

GrowSzn Nvr Ends 🌱

“Because growth doesn’t stop after birth.”

05/24/2026

Even with all the rain, cooler temperatures, and cloudy days… don’t be discouraged, Zone 6a growers. 🌱

This growing season is going to look different for a lot of us this year.

Some plants may take a little longer.
Some gardens may move slower than expected.
But that does NOT mean your garden is failing.

The seeds are still pushing through the soil.
The roots are still developing underground.
Growth is still happening.

Nature has its own timing, and every season teaches us something new.

Be patient with your garden.
Be patient with yourself.
And appreciate the season you’re in. 💚

Because soon… some of the BEST fruits and vegetables are going to start showing up. 🍅🥒🌽🍉

And that’s going to be the real treat after all this waiting.

05/18/2026

Tiny gardens, big energy 🌿✨
GrowSzn terrariums are the perfect way to bring nature indoors while adding a calm, beautiful touch to your space. Each one creates its own little environment and no two are ever the same 🪴

Fun fact: Closed terrariums can create their own tiny water cycle by recycling moisture through condensation

🌿 Handmade DIY Terrariums — $120 each
Perfect for homes, gifts, desks, classrooms, and plant lovers of all ages. Everyday is a good day to gift someone a little greenery 🌱✨

05/05/2026

05/04/2026

🌿💚 Reasons a GrowSzn Terrarium makes a beautiful Mother’s Day gift 💚🌿

Because sometimes the best gifts are the ones that continue growing 🌱

✨ Every terrarium is completely handmade
No two are alike, making each piece feel personal and thoughtful.

✨ It’s a living gift
Unlike flowers that fade quickly, terrariums can continue growing and evolving over time.

✨ Beginner friendly
Perfect for both plant lovers and people just starting their plant journey.

✨ Creates a calming atmosphere
Terrariums bring softness, greenery, and natural beauty into everyday spaces.

✨ Versatile placement
Beautiful in offices, bedrooms, studios, desks, waiting rooms, apartments, classrooms, and cozy corners.

✨ Intentional gifting feels different
A handmade terrarium shows time, care, and thoughtfulness went into the gift.

✨ Supports a community-centered small business
Every purchase supports Grow Szn and the work we continue building around postpartum care, gardening, family engagement, and community healing 💚

🌱 Mother’s Day Terrariums — $120 each
📩 Message GrowSzn for orders or questions.

04/22/2026

🌍 Happiest Earth Day from GrowSzn 🌱

Today we’re excited to launch our Propagation Station for our local neighbors this evening at
HUB 07 To kick things off, we’ll have several plant cuttings available 🌿 Here’s how it works: Take one, Leave one. Feel free to bring a small cutting that can be placed in propagation station -It’s a simple, beautiful way to share and grow together as a community. Small Ziploc bags will be available for transport.

This initiative is all about creating access—giving neighbors a chance to care for a houseplant, which can support mental wellness, improve air quality, and bring a calming, natural touch into your space.

02/26/2026

From doulas and licensed therapists, to yoga instructors and neurodiverse care—we're a one stop shop for communities of color to find accessible and culturally affirming care. Access our [FREE] directory at https://ourmhc.org/all-listings/.

Jaedah Pickens, LMSW
Jaleesa Williams, LMSW
Jamal Fisher, LMSW
Jamise Lay, LLMSW
Janee’ Beville, MA, LPC
Jennifer Baker, LPC
Joslyn Caldwell, LMSW-C, SSW
Kathryn Knox, LMSW
Keisha McDonald, LPC
Kendra Avila, LLMSW
Kenisha Dorsey, LCSW
Keyshara Hudson, LLMSW
Kylia Dantzler-Morgan, CBD, CHW
Lariesha Lee, LLMSW
Latasha Robertson-Crump
Latrece McDaniel, LCSW
Lauren Amlalo, LCSW

02/03/2026

Save the date for this month’s Black Parent Café. It is happening on February 28th from 1pm to 3pm at the Baxter Community Center.

Register here: https://forms.gle/G7jp7Jjbqhmd9VGp8

Our Black Parent Cafés are monthly gatherings created by and for Black parents and caregivers in Grand Rapids to connect, share, and support one another. These gatherings provide a space to explore parental resilience, build relationships, and strengthen community while enjoying a shared meal. In a welcoming, judgment-free environment, parents can exchange experiences, access resources, and focus on their well-being. Free snacks and dinner are provided, and children are welcome with a designated play area available.