To keep you better informed about what’s going on at Evergreen, we’ve launched a brand new Newsroom. It’s got the latest on all our activities across Canada, from stewardship in BC, to school ground greening in Halifax, to workshops at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto.
All our old blog entries here will stay in place for the time being, but future posts will appear only in the Newsroom.
Don’t forget to update your RSS feeds and bookmarks!
Learning Grounds Associates and Evergreen staff at the annual Learning Grounds Forum 2010 (Photo: Miguel Hortiguela)
Evergreen’s National Associates Program welcomes two new additions to our nationwide network of on-the-ground experts.
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A student's nature journal. (Photo: Claudia Bolli)
By: Claudia Bolli
The Grade 1 students at Brightview School in Edmonton have adopted a different pet than most kids would choose. After their teacher Linda Wight participated in the Outdoor Classroom Institute this past summer, they were inspired to adopt trees near their school. Each child also keeps a nature journal with portraits of their trees and pressed leaves as well as other things they learned outdoors.
Portrait of a student's adopted tree. (Photo: Claudia Bolli)
Linda and her students are also busy with a successful indoor growing project. I recently went to visit them because TelusTV was filming a story about it. Linda started this garden through the Cityfarm’s Little Green Thumbs Program that I co-ordinate. The students showed me how they help out with caring for the plants, including pruning and transplanting. After the first crop of plants is finished, Linda plans to grow flower seedlings and transplant them to an outdoor naturescape in spring.
Thanks to her experience with Evergreen’s programs, both Linda and her students have been able to spend more time outside connecting with nature.
Claudia Bolli is one of our School Ground Greening Consultants based in Edmonton, Alberta. To get in touch with one of our Associates in your area, visit our website or our Expert Assistance page to send your questions to our staff.
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Herbs growing on a deck (Photo: Evergreen)
Urban agriculture may sound a little strange and daunting but it has become an important part of living in the city. It allows us to be more self-sufficient and puts fresh, healthy food at our fingertips. Not to mention the satisfaction you get from knowing that the vegetables and herbs you’re eating are cut from plants grown and tended by you!
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February begins with a snow storm. How fitting. (Photo: Lea Anne Armstrong)
During the month of February (the shortest but coldest) Evergreen wants you to get outside and find the funshine! Whether it’s a lovely walk with your dog, snowshoeing in the park, or a majestic icicle on your stoop, we want to see how you’re connecting with nature.
Post your “funshine” photos to our Facebook wall from now until the end of the month and the image with the most “likes” will win a prize! Make sure to include captions.
So bundle up, get outside and good luck!
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Looking for a last minute gift? We have just the thing for you. The Gift of Nature is a great way to show someone that you care, and to help make important work happen through Evergreen. Order online today and you’ll save time—and your sanity—by avoiding the crowded stores and skipping the checkout line.
We’ll send a special card to your gift recipient letting them know you donated on their behalf, along with a packet of heirloom Sweet Basil seeds that are easy and fun to grow in a sunny spot this winter.
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By: Aimee Carson, Community Food Project Manager
The Emmett Ave. Community Gardeners with some of the West Mt. Dennis Community Kitchen Group (Photo: Mike Derblich)
I remember the 45 minute bike ride from my home to our meeting spot at West Mt. Dennis United Church. It was a rainy Saturday morning and chilly for mid-September. We were a group of community gardeners and cooks, taking a field trip to the St. Jacob’s Market in Waterloo and excited to capitalize on all the fresh produce still available from Ontario producers.
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Evergreen volunteer and community food blogger, Jennifer Lem, attended a workshop on urban agriculture and city planning, presented by author Lorraine Johnson and our own Stewart Chisholm and Rebekka Hutton. The workshop took place at the Ontario Professional Planners Institute symposium on October 28 and 29.
For a recap of the event and to find out what they had to say on issues such as backyard chickens, visit Jennifer’s guest blog post on, Push Food Forward.
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By Alix Aylen, Grant Program Administrator
Digging (Photo Credit: Anna-Kay Gordon)
The Kokum’s Little Friends Daycare at the Brandon Friendship Centre in Manitoba had an extra special harvest this fall. With the support of a Walmart-Evergreen Green Grant, their on-site children’s garden became, according to the Daycare Co-ordinator Anna-Kay Gordon, “a magical garden,” that taught the children about the importance of growing your own food as well as provided for 36 families in the community.
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