This is how the healthy lawn movement grows

From an empty space to a community hub: we’re getting the Organic Lawn Center ready for West Michigan. We need your help.

A house with a gray exterior, a small front porch with columns, and a manicured green lawn.

We're excited to share some big news! In late summer 2026, Good Sweet Earth signed the lease on a building which will soon house West Michigan’s Organic Lawn Center— a space built entirely around helping our neighbors care for their lawns organically and grow pollinator-friendly yards.

Picture this: Neighbors gathering at Good Sweet Earth’s new Organic Lawn Center in Holland for a class on soil health. While there, they can buy pollinator-safe fertilizer, lawn seed and soil amendments. They can ask questions about natural pest control options. And they’ll leave with the knowledge they need to grow a lawn that they can feel good about.

Before that can happen, though, the space needs a little work. Our goal is to raise $7,125 for paint, a deep clean, building updates, equipment and furniture for the classroom, and signage. If we meet our funding goal by the end of September, and renovations get underway, we'll be able to open the Organic Lawn Center for classes in late October, with a full opening of retail and classroom space in spring 2027.

3% Cover the Fee

Goal: $7,125 to get Good Sweet Earth's non-profit Organic Lawn Center ready to open in the Fall of 2026. To donate by mail, checks can be sent to: Good Sweet Earth, PO Box 114, Zeeland, MI 49464 Good Sweet Earth is a registered 501c3 organization (EIN: 92-3004476). Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.

A gift to Good Sweet Earth’s Organic Lawn Center is:

Tangible. You’ll be able to walk into the Organic Lawn Center and physically experience what your donation dollars have done.

Local. Your gift stays close to home. It funds a resource built for West Michigan, puts your dollars to work with local businesses and tradespeople doing the renovations, and helps protect the ecosystem right here in our backyard.

Immediate. Your gift goes directly toward our opening this fall, not into a general fund for “someday.”

Lasting. A gift today helps establish infrastructure that will be here for years to come.

Efficient. Your gift does double duty. It gets the Organic Lawn Center open to the public while keeping our program dollars right where they belong: funding the lawn program, pollinator protection, seed distribution and community resources.

Want to learn more about how donation dollars will be spent? Good Sweet Earth executive director Steve Veldheer is happy to discuss the project; email him at Steve@GoodSweetEarth.org.