Healing Spaces

Healing Spaces Our mission is to inspire our neighbors to take bold action to cultivate, maintain, and support attractive and sustainable community greenspaces 💚🌱

Healing Spaces (Cleveland Documenters, Neighborhood Connections, Black Girl Media, WOVU, A Greater Buckeye): The collaborative will utilize Cleveland Documenters to talk with community leaders who have activated vacant land in their neighborhoods and, by doing so, tended to their community’s need for beautiful spaces that feed the soul. This project will be done in three phases: a listening survey

; reporting; and transformation. Cleveland Documenters will begin by surveying their neighbors, Neighbor Up members and other Cleveland residents about their environmental justice concerns. A team of Cleveland Documenters will then conduct video interviews with community gardeners talking about their work and its history, successes and challenges, and what the future holds. They will also take the learnings from the surveys and transform a vacant lot into a vibrant community space; they will share videos, talkbacks, and other communications from this space as well as others throughout the summer via publishing partner A Greater Buckeye and with media partner WOVU. The project will close with the showing of a short documentary in the fall. With support from Cleveland Documenters and Neighbor Up. Funded by Black Environmental Leaders (BEL) in partnership with The Center for Community Solutions, Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation.

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05/23/2026

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05/18/2026

🐦 Eastern bluebird populations crashed nearly 90% by the mid-20th century. Starlings and house sparrows invaded their nesting cavities. Dead trees were cleared from fields. Wooden fence posts were swapped for metal. The bird that once lived in every open meadow in America was disappearing from all of them.

Then ordinary people started building boxes — and the bluebirds came back.

🐦 The build:
- Interior floor 5" x 5", walls 8-9" tall
- Entry hole 1½" diameter — fits a bluebird perfectly, blocks every starling
- ¾" untreated pine or cedar
- Ventilation slots near the top, drainage holes in the floor
- Hinged side panel for monitoring and seasonal cleanout
- No outside perch — perches give house sparrows a foothold

🐦 The placement:
- 4-6 feet high on a smooth metal pole — never a wooden post or tree
- Open field, yard, or meadow with short grass
- Face the entry east or away from prevailing weather
- Space boxes at least 100 yards apart along a "bluebird trail"
- A predator baffle below the box keeps raccoons and snakes out

🐦 What to expect:
- Mount by early March — males scout sites before the females arrive
- A pair may circle the box for days before committing
- 4-5 pale blue eggs per clutch, often two broods per season
- Monitor weekly by opening the side panel — bluebirds tolerate careful checks

One species, nearly erased — brought back by people who gave them exactly what they'd lost: a 5-inch cavity with a 1½-inch door. 🌿

05/18/2026
05/18/2026

" Remember friends, if you are seeking closeness to the Beloved, then love one another."

🧡 Rumi

"This is a terrific event!"GardenWalk Cleveland 🌻💚
05/02/2026

"This is a terrific event!"
GardenWalk Cleveland 🌻💚

Only two weeks left to register your garden for Gardenwalk 2026!
Visit gardenwalkcleveland.org to sign up. Registration ends May 15 2026.

04/28/2026

A beach-inspired heart made from driftwood and sea glass.
Learn More : 28 DIY Coastal Wall Art Ideas to Bring Beach Vibes Home
https://mideas.co/GjmOh

04/28/2026
Edgewater Park's Willow on Arbor Day 🌳
04/25/2026

Edgewater Park's Willow on Arbor Day 🌳

Since the city of Cleveland planted it around 60 years ago, the weeping willow on Edgewater Park’s northernmost shore has inspired awe. From its lush, green summer cloak to its stark winter nakedness, the willow serves as a backdrop for graduation and wedding photos, a place to play, and shade for picnics, making it one of the most iconic trees in Cleveland.

🌳 In honor of Arbor Day, how do you embrace the Forest City?

📸 Erik Drost via Flickr

04/25/2026

Rain Chain 😌🌧☮️

10/19/2025

Vincent van Gogh’s Road with Cypresses (1890) - one of his final works, painted with the fierce, swirling energy that defined his genius. Every inch breathes life, emotion, and motion. 💛🌀Is art a cool topic?

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