Margaret Atwood & Leah Kostamo at the Green Gala
Thank you all who attended our 2014 Green Gala! One of the night's highlights was this dialogue between Leah Kostamo (co-founder of A Rocha Canada & author of Planted) and [...]
June 2014
Unofficial (in Ontario) Invasive Species Awareness Week
Stan Olson, an A Rocha colleague in British Columbia, posted that it's Invasive Species Awareness Week in that province. We don't have such a week in Ontario. Maybe that's because [...]
May 2014
"Can I grow eggplants here?
... okras, and peppers too?" This was the most popular question at a recent Seeding and Planting Workshop at St.Luke Lutheran Church in Surrey, BC. How did you think I [...]
"Thanks for the Beets!"
Notes from Can You Dig It's Garden Coalition Meeting on Safe Community Gardens. Lots of great advice and discussion from fellow Community Garden Coordinators on managing theft and vandalism. Participate [...]
Not just a piece of land
A regretful gardening decision, a lesson learned many years ago as I participated in the beginnings of a Community Garden in my neighborhood. It was the year I began attending [...]