The 17th Annual Great Milwaukee Victory Garden will begin on Saturday, April 25th and conclude on Saturday, May 9th!

Registrants of the BLITZ must reside in Milwaukee County, we do not fulfill orders outside of Milwaukee County. We deliver and install all components of a BLITZ Garden Bed purchase!

All deliveries of soil replacements and raised beds will be completed during the two week duration of the event, between April 25th and May 9th. We cannot guarantee at this moment what date and time your delivery will be completed, but we will contact you closer to the delivery date! You do not need to be home at the time of delivery as long as the desired location is accessible to volunteers and clearly described or marked.

Raised Garden Beds installed through the BLITZ are 4 feet by 8 feet in length and width and 10 inches in height. This gives you 32 square feet of gardening space per box. With the purchase of your raised garden bed comes a cubic yard of Blue Ribbon Organics soil, and vegetable seeds to begin your growing journey (seed choice cannot be accommodated).

Unfortunately, we do not installed raised beds on legs that lift it off of the ground. We are able to double stack beds to increase the height and accessibility for those who cannot bend as low — please double your order for double stacked beds and indicate you would like it stacked in the order notes!

The cost of the garden beds is based on household income-level.

If your household makes $40,000 or less annually | $25.00

If your household makes $40,000-$75,000 annually | $100.00

If your household makes $75,000 or more annually | $250.00

There are multiple factors you want to consider when deciding the placement of your raised garden bed. Water access and movability are important, as hauling the garden hose or watering cans around may strain how long you can work in the garden for.

Proximity to hazards are another important consideration. Old houses carry lead in more ways than we might consider. Use this resource from the EPA to find spots that may contaminate your soil and produce, should contaminants fall into it from the home: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2018-09/lbp_in_the_home_1.jpg.

How to protect yourself and family from common sources of lead contamination: https://www.epa.gov/lead/protect-your-family-sources-lead#soil

Additional Milwaukee Health Department lead resources: https://city.milwaukee.gov/Health/Services-and-Programs/HomeEnvironmentalHealth/Lead-Poisoning-Facts

Placing your bed near trash pickup zones or close to roadways could introduce environmental contaminants as well.

Registration for a BLITZ garden beds is open until April 15th at 5PM. Ordering will close at that time and a new waitlist for updates on the 2027 Victory Garden Blitz will open. Waitlist registrations DO NOT guarantee you a raised garden bed in 2027, but allow you early access to information on ordering for the next season!

No, you do not need to be present.

Please mark the spot where your garden will be (see above under “When will my garden be installed?”) and make sure there is access to your garden. If you have a gate, be sure to leave it unlocked!

Each BLITZ garden will receive a varied selection of a few vegetable seed packets. Many grocery, hardware and dollar stores sell seeds, and garden centers carry transplants to get a head start on the growing season.

At this time soil replacements are out of stock for 2026. Need a soil replacement? Check out local garden supply stores carrying Blue Ribbon Organics: https://blueribbonorganics.com/where-to-buy

Yes! You can order just soil through the BLITZ registration page and volunteers will come to drop it off wherever you’d like during the event (just be sure to indicate where you want it dropped or spread in your registration form).

Don’t know how many cubic yards to order? (1 yard = 27 cubic feet). Here is a free calculator:

We are grateful to everyone who is interested in volunteering, if you would like to be a part of the movement fill out our registration form → Volunteer registration

Educating the youth and adults in our community on how to cultivate food is an important aspect of our mission! Join us in learning more about growing food through our Move Grass Classes, taught by Farm Manager LaDonna Green! Move Grass Classes are open for sign-ups now: https://victorygardeninitiative.org/move-grass-classes

You can email our Blitz Coordinator at chlo@victorygardeninitiative.org