Founded in 2002 by seven residents of Suspa-Kshemawati VDC, FSS is a community-based Indigenous-led organization registered with the Dolakha district Social Welfare Council office in eastern Nepal. With its base in Fashelung (Phaselung) village, the organization works across several VDCs...
Continue ReadingThe mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia is to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity. Its vision is to build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning. Our To-Go & Grow Free Seed Library was inspired by my...
Continue ReadingThis past month, I had the pleasure to visit five garden sites in the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley.Β While each site was different, each has the same goals:Β growing produce, education, and sharing with community. They were all...
Continue ReadingThere are various methods to harvest marine phytoplankton. At MARPHYL Marine Phytoplankton, we implement a natural, wild, and sustainable approach.Β First, ocean water is pumped from the deeps of the Georgia Strait into tanks located on shore next to the...
Continue ReadingAmsterdam Garden Centre has been a family-owned and -operated plant nursery in Pitt Meadows, BC since 1979. Not only are we a year-round garden centre, but we are also a wholesale producer of top-quality plants and hanging baskets. We offer...
Continue ReadingWe here at the gardenologie are pleased to announce that we have partnered with West Coast Seeds to support Canadian rowing athlete and Olympic gold medalist Andrea Proske on her gardening journey. We wanted to share her story in her...
Continue ReadingΒ Food 4 Thought is an urban organic garden matching program that started in the Kitsilano neighbourhood in the spring of 2020, matching keen apartment dwelling gardeners with welcoming house owners or tenants who have yard space. Upon joining Food...
Continue ReadingI'm 10 years old and my brother is 7. This spring, we wanted to start a seed trading library at our school because we love seeds and gardening! We asked West Coast seeds to help us get it started. Without...
Continue ReadingIn 2014, my husband and I invited neighbors to garden with us. Many people in our hilly, tree-lined city of Montpelier, Vermont, don't have anywhere to garden, and we had too much lawn. Now more than half of the two-acre...
Continue ReadingThe Alouette River Management Society (ARMS) is dedicated to proactively protecting and improving the Alouette Watershed and surrounding areas by creating a healthy environment connecting parks, trail systems, public centers and waterways. Volunteer supported, ARMS is involved in watershed inventory...
Continue ReadingHome Hardware Stores Limited has a long-standing reputation for building communities and helping people, and the Home Hardware Community Garden is just one example of that. The national home improvement retailer established the garden in 2016 on a piece of...
Continue ReadingHey folks! With the 2022 gardening season just around the corner, I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling still a bit in the midst of turbulent and uncertain times. I'm sure I'm not the only one that is looking...
Continue ReadingWow - what a season it has been! With the temperatures approaching freezing and the shortest day of the year just around the corner, our garden is officially all bundled up for the winter (and by bundled up we mean...
Continue ReadingThrive is a non-profit organization based in Canada that was founded in 2008 to help eradicate extreme poverty. Thrive took a different approach than most to the concept of charity though, and instead of giving help in the form of...
Continue ReadingThe Growing Place Community Garden was developed by the Crescent Valley Resource Centre, located in one of Saint John, NBβs priority neighbourhoods. The project was formed in response to a regional need for increased access to both arable land and...
Continue ReadingThe Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden (SCBG) is in West Sechelt on BCβs Sunshine Coast. Our garden is 16 hectares of mostly flat land. The property was logged in the early part of the 20th century, later became a working food...
Continue ReadingSeed the City is a youth work experience program that teaches high school students how to grow, harvest, and share food grown on school grounds in the Greater Victoria School District. Beyond a place where students can gain food literacy...
Continue ReadingFor the past six years we have prioritized equitable access to outdoor play and learning by dedicating a full time teaching position to garden learning. This last year our fundraising efforts culminated in a brand new school garden built to...
Continue ReadingThe Cowichan Lake Community Garden is located in the Town of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. It was created in 2014 by volunteers from the community and with the support of Town Council, the Island Health Authority, and the Cowichan...
Continue ReadingAccess County Community Support Services has become a pillar of community partnerships. Access has strengthened the relationships between those living in isolated situations and the services available within our community. Access provides opportunities and social experiences for all, especially those...
Continue ReadingKidSafe provides some of Vancouver's most resilient children and youth with the safety, supervision, nutritious meals, and hours of fun they deserve when schools are closed for break. Over the past 8 weeks of Summer Break, KidSafe has provided on-site...
Continue ReadingFood securityΒ exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient,Β safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active andΒ healthy life. World Food Summit, 1996 As we write this blog...
Continue ReadingYoung Agrarians (YA) is the largest educational resource network for new and young ecological farmers in Canada. YA offers farmer-to-farmer programming to grow the next generation of food growers. YA programs work to create access to education, training, land, business...
Continue ReadingEarlier this year a friend hatched a plan to create a pollinator pathway in our small town of Cumberland, BC. When she was awarded a small grant toward the project, she reached out for help to make it happen. Soon...
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