Come find out how you can green your community! (Photo: Lisa Fisk)
No Plot is Too Small: Community Stewardship 101 In partnership with the Town of Richmond Hill, Evergreen invites you to participate in our upcoming workshop!
Wednesday, March 31 6–9pm
Rouge Woods Community Centre, Aspen Room
110 Shirley Drive, Richmond Hill
This workshop will offer inspiring examples, tips and tricks, and practical strategies to help you get involved in local greening projects—or even start your own! Individuals and community groups will benefit from sharing ideas about community greening initiatives and advice to ensure project success.
Topics include:
Where Do We Start? A step-by-step advice for undertaking stewardship projects.
Learn From Experience:Inspiring case studies of stewardship activities from across Canada.
Cost: Free!
Sandwiches and refreshments will be provided and space is limited. Reserve your space by Monday, March 22 by contacting Lisa Fisk via email (lfisk@evergreen.ca) or by phone at 416-596-1495 x226.
Visit Evergreen’s online calendar of events to learn what’s happening in your area.
Radishes peeking out of the ground in the Community Garden at Eva's Place (Photo: Evergreen)
Royal Burgundy beans, atomic red carrots, bull’s blood beets and dinosaur kale are among the scrumptious seeds our community gardens will plant this spring thanks to a successful Seedy Saturday (on a Sunday) this past weekend. We purchased an assortment of heritage varieties including strawberry spinach and Callalloo – a leaf vegetable used for a popular Caribbean dish and a favorite among many of our community gardeners. Read the rest of this entry »
Come join us at Toronto’s Seedy Saturday this Sunday, February 21 from 12:30pm to 6pm at the Artscape Wychwood Barns!
This event, organized by the Toronto Community Garden Network, will include gardening workshops, delicious food and activities for youth. You’ll also have the opportunity to buy and trade heirloom seeds in preparation for the spring!
The Artscape Wychwood Barns is located at 601 Christie Street, just south of St. Clair. For more information, please visit the Toronto Community Green Network website.
On Wednesday, February 10 the Youth Challenge International (YCI) is presenting “The Ties that Bind,” an event planned to bring awareness to food security and hunger issues globally and locally. The event will feature a number of guest speakers (including staff from Evergreen), live music, refreshments and raffle prizes.
Come join us and other organizations as we share our experiences in addressing issues of hunger and poverty through our work in Urban Agriculture and Community Food Programs.
Evergreen’s Aimee Carson and Becky Idems will introduce our spectrum of programs and focus on our work as it relates to food security, community development as well as programs for youth.
This should be a great evening and also a great opportunity for sharing and learning. To find out more click here.
It’s been almost a week and I still keep dreaming about the delicious local, vegan food that was served by Radha Yoga and Eatery at Evergreen BC’s First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Party. Really though, what made the night such a success was the company of our dedicated volunteers. We are indebted to our volunteers and were thrilled to host our first organization wide appreciation party to say thank you for all your hard work throughout 2009.
Volunteers and Evergreen enjoying the local food buffet and some good conversation. (Photo: Steph Levy)
Come walking in our winter wonderland! (Photo: Annie MacLeod)
Join Evergreen and Lost Rivers this Sunday, January 17 at 2 pm for a free guided tour around the Don Valley Brick Works Park. Learn about the lost rivers in the area, Yellow Creek and Mud Creek. Explore the history and future of this inspiring site, and get the latest information on the Evergreen Brick Works project.
Meet at the Glen Road exit from the Sherbourne subway station.
Route: We will follow Milkmen’s Lane to Park Drive Reservation, Moore Park ravine and the Don Valley Brick Works for warm drinks, winter tales and rambles through the Brick Works Park.
Prince Charles touring the kilns (Photo: A. Newhouse)
Check out the photo gallery of our visit with Prince Charles.
Last month His Royal Highness came for a tour of the Evergreen Brick Works construction site. The project impressed him because it encompasses urban agriculture, sustainability and the preservation of heritage architecture–three issues close to his heart.
Garden Fresh Veggies (Photo: John Shinnick, Vancouver City Hall Community Gardener)
Join me this Wednesday, December 2 to learn how to prevent your hard earned harvest from being decimated by bugs and diseases. Arzeena Hamir, an agronomist specializing in organic vegetable gardening, has courteously agreed to host a Natural Pest Control Workshop for Evergreen.
The workshop will take place from 7-8:30PM in the Strathcona Room at Vancouver City Hall off 12th Avenue. The cost is pay what you can, with a suggested donation of $5 to $10.
If you’re new to organic gardening like me, this workshop is a must. I hope to see you there!
Not enough can be said about the pivotal role volunteers play in greening cities. From researching and helping in the office to planting to running huge events, Evergreen is grateful to have a steady stream of enthusiastic folk join in. Personally, I know I can always count on a great photographer to come out to my events.
On Tuesday night in Toronto we threw a party to celebrate our GTA volunteers. Read about the event from the perspective of Anfernee, a volunteer who wrote about the event on his blog.
Old friends catching up, new friends getting acquainted. (Photo: Michelle Scrivener)
In a private room of the Magic Oven restaurant on Danforth Avenue about 70 volunteers came out to enjoy food and drinks. We learned about the use of art in the design of Evergreen Brick Works, and took a video “hard hat tour” of the construction site. After that we made art, butter and told stories at our own “speaker’s corner”– stay tuned to the blog for a video montage!
Evergreen staff and volunteers make butter. (Photo: Michelle Scrivener)
Arbour and communal gardens. (Photo: John Shinnick, City Hall community gardener)
Recently, I spent a beautiful day with 25 dedicated gardeners at the Vancouver City Hall Community Garden, where we constructed an entrance way arbour. This was our first work party at the garden, and we were happy for the great turn-out, sunny weather and amazing results! The garden now features a beautifully constructed entrance way arbour, two full perimeter gardens and a calming healing garden.
Check out the below video to see the community gardeners hammering away on the arbour and partaking in the funky “compact dance” to prepare the soil for planting!
More photos and event details are available on the Facebook group courtesy of community gardener, John Shinnick.
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