Β 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 ReadingAttracting predatorial insects to our garden using flowers is an effective pest management strategy. Flying insects such as wasps, hover flies and lady beetles find nectar and pollen for themselves while hunting for protein-rich foods in the form of caterpillars,...
Continue ReadingIf you're a gardener, you know that there are a lot of different ways to improve your garden. You can add fertilizer, compost, and soil amendments to make your plants thrive. But have you ever tried using worm castings? Worm...
Continue ReadingMy name isΒ Ashley EsakinΒ and I am a soil scientist. I am located in a Canadian Zone 3 and a USDA Zone 4. I write articles on Gardening in Canada, makeΒ YouTubeΒ videos, InstagramΒ andΒ FacebookΒ posts all designed for Canadians and Cold Climate gardeners using...
Continue ReadingCritics who visit our farm to learn about our style of no-till often point out that our deep mulch system isnβt viable for most regions of the world. Theyβre correct. Very few farms have the necessary resources in their area...
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 ReadingOver the past few years, edible gardening has seen a surge in popularity. Spurred by the garden to table movement, the slow living movement and surely aided by our new found appreciation for all things local, vegetable gardens are thriving...
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...
Continue ReadingFarmers on 57th is a non-profit society operating 1 acre of community growing space in the Territories of the xΚ·mΙΞΈkΚ·ΙyΜΙm, SαΈ΅wxΜ±wΓΊ7mesh and sΙlΜilwΙtaΙΙ¬ / selΜΓlΜwitulh Nations. The seed for Farmers on 57th germinated in 2008 when founder Jen Rashleigh rode...
Continue ReadingA Brief History and Introduction to Today The idea of the Sardis Secondary School Farm (SSSF) started in 2010; the first crop was seeded in the spring of 2014. This 5-acre ALR property is in Chilliwack, BC, and has become...
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