Our Mission
To build and keep an attractive open space for neighbors and the Near West Side Milwaukee community.
Create an Agriculture Science Academy where we will teach students to become master gardeners, stewards of the environment, and owners and operators of small businesses.
To grow vegetables and fruits for neighbors to pick for themselves and to develop a community of volunteers to serve this effort.
Our Board of Directors
We are a group of educators and environmentalists that believe in teaching youth to impact not only their own lives but the lives of all of us.
Bob Patterson-Sumwalt
Director
Mulberry Hill will be Bob’s 2nd formation of a non-profit. In 2004 he founded the Wisconsin Scholastic Chess Federation which continues to grow to this day.
Bob grew up on a dairy farm in Richland County where he had 4-H and FFA projects. He attended UW-Madison and earned a BS degree in Vocational Agriculture Education. In the winter of 2021-2022 Bob completed course work to become a Certified Master Gardener. More.
Bob Patterson-Sumwalt
Sarah Long
Director
As Land Stewardship Manager at Neighborhood House (NH) Sarah manages the land management efforts at their 93 acre Nature Center near Neosho, WI as well as our Garden Park and community center’s own grounds. Sarah comes to NH with broad experience in urban conservation and has a wide variety of skills and a comprehensive understanding of ecological principles.
She worked on a variety of habitat restoration projects including coordinating volunteer programs with residents of all ages. More.
Sarah Long
Ernie DiDomizio
Director
Ernie is a lifelong educator and currently serves as Principal of Pilgrim Lutheran School in the LUMIN Schools system. Ernie began his career as a special education teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools. He went on to become a founding member administrator for United Community Centers Day Treatment Program where he served at-risk and adjudicated youth and families as they transitioned out of correctional facilities and helped them maintain a positive life trajectory. More.
Ernie DiDomizio
Margerie Weiland
Director
While Marge’s career was as an intensive care nurse, her lifelong avocation has been gardening. A Master Gardener of 10 years she has volunteered as a UW Extension Master Gardener at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison.
She has been a primary hands-on gardener there working at reclaiming disused perennial beds as well as planting, maintaining, and labeling new ones. More.
Margerie Weiland
Amelia Davis
Director
Amelia Davis has a passion for gardening with remembrance of her grandparents sharecropping in south and from her mother’s gardening near 23rd and Center in Milwaukee. She states “we had a flower garden and vegetable garden in front of the house, the side of the house, and the back of the house.
With a Sociology degree she is a 20-year veteran of the child care staff at Neighborhood House. More.
Amelia Davis
