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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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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By: Tooba Shakeel, Stewardship Coordinator, Evergreen
UTSC Garden Celebration, (Photos: Tooba Shakeel)
University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Garden saw a successful season of growth! On Sept 29, students and staff at UTSC celebrated the harvest by enjoying a delicious salad made from vegetables grown in the University Community Garden. Participants also enjoyed Gourd Bowling using butternut squash!
UTCS Community Garden, (Photos: Tooba Shakeel)
UTSC Garden was established in the spring of 2010 in partnership with the UTSC Sustainability Office and Evergreen. The aim was to provide students and community members a chance to practice gardening and grow vegetables. During the celebration, participants harvested pepper, zucchini, eggplant, onion, parsley, oregano, lemon grass, basil, rosemary, nasturtium and much more. Not only did everyone enjoy a delicious salad but participants also took plenty of vegetables home. The garden has been put to sleep for winter and we hope to have an even better growing season next year!
Click here for information on UTSC Sustainability Office projects and events.
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Pallets and Things at the Union Street Urban Orchard (Photo: Quite Peculiar on Flickr). Evergreen will be taking inspiration from this innovative and temporary orchard in London, England.
With a successful fall season behind us, Evergreen is busy working on crafting some new and exciting projects for 2011. One that we’re all particularly excited about is an urban orchard to be located in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats.
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A woman in Turin making handmade gnocchi (Photo: Stewart Chisholm)
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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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Summer is in full swing and community gardens across the country are bursting with fresh produce. The Emmett Avenue Community Garden in Eglinton Flats Park is a unique green space where community members from the Weston-Mount Dennis community join together to grow, learn and share the fruits (and vegetables!) of their labour.
Gardeners getting their hands in the dirt. (Photo Credit: Aimee Carson)
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Find natural sweets on our edible plant walk. (Photo: Evergreen)
Explore your local park with Evergreen and the City of Mississauga in an Edible Plant Walk tomorrow, Thursday, August 12. For more information visit our online calendar. Sign up by contacting Emily Adam, eadam@evergreen.ca.
Many native plants provide edible and medicinal benefits and can be a beautiful addition to any garden or greening project. Native plants that bear fruit also provide wonderful habitat and food for birds, pollinators and small mammals.
Help create urban green corridors, wildlife habitat and beautify your city with native plants. Visit our Native Plant Database to find native, edible plants that will thrive in your garden!
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Sharon browsing at the Evergreen Brick Works Farmers' Market (Photo: Evergreen)
Sharon Brown started off at Evergreen Brick Works this spring volunteering at Doors Open and hasn’t stopped since. Although not a morning person at heart, Sharon now looks forward to sunrise on Saturday mornings, when she can be a Weekend Program Assistant and help with set-up, greeting visitors, waste education and even traffic.
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