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From container to plate: Workshop on container gardening

Jun 25 2011 - 2:00pm
Jun 25 2011 - 3:30pm

Location

Beit Zatoun
612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway)
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 647.726.9500
43° 39' 53.2584" N, 79° 24' 44.6868" W

Never too Late (in the season) or too Small (a space) to... Grow herbs, tomatoes, other edibles - on your balcony, window-sill, anywhere! No gardening experience necessary. All are welcome Learn the "how to's" of container gardening; bring home a new edible garden. Materials provided: potting soil, seeds, seedlings.

To bring: - Small container for planting and take home e.g. yogurt or take-out container

- Admission "Olive Tree" to be planted in Palestine.

- Each $5 donation buys a 3-year-old seedling to be planted by the Trees for Life Palestine program. All proceeds will be donated.  

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Permaculture gardening in the city workshop

May 17 2011 - 7:30pm
May 17 2011 - 9:30pm

Location

Arbour Environmental Shoppe
800 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 24' 9.882" N, 75° 41' 18.0852" W

The permaculture gardening in the city workshop will feature speaker Graeme O'Farrell.

Lindsay Beyerstein

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Seedy Sunday -- North York

Mar 27 2011 - 1:00pm
Mar 27 2011 - 5:00pm

Location

Lawrence Heights Community Centre
5 Replin Road (Allen Rd & Lawrence Ave. West)
Toronto, ON M6A
Canada
43° 43' 2.9064" N, 79° 26' 34.0584" W

Are you imagining Spring? Thinking about planting seeds and getting your hands in the dirt?

Seedy Sunday will help your gardening dreams come true!  Throughout the afternoon, you can:

~ Donate seeds and participate in the community seed exchange. ~Buy your spring seeds from some of Ontario’s finest vendors (with a focus on organic, heirloom, native and local) ~ Enjoy free garden-related workshops & children’s activities. ~Purchase yummy snacks and network with other gardeners. ~

Visit us on Facebook by typing North York Seedy Sunday or contact melissa.benner@gmail.com

 

Seedy Sunday Toronto

Feb 13 2011 - 12:30pm
Feb 13 2011 - 6:00pm

Location

Hart House
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto
Canada
43° 39' 48.996" N, 79° 23' 40.7436" W

Seedy Sunday and Saturdays is hosted by the Toronto Community Garden Network (TCGN), to provide gardeners, plant-lovers and the general public with a head-start on their spring gardens. Featuring a grassroots seed exchange, seed vendors, garden and food organizations, and free workshops, we aim to meet your gardening needs & dreams.

This year, the theme is Increasing Access to Seeds/Gardening/Food. 

Contact name: 
Melissa Benner
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Backyard gardens: Antidotes to the frenzies

Hold on again. There's too much going on. We need to step back from the frenzy for a moment and contemplate the deeper mysteries. Yes, I'm talking mainly to you out there in the great suburban strip, but right in town too and maybe even some of you in the country who have lost the enchanted bond.

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Let's bring balance back to our planet

I grew up on a farm and have continued to raise plants for most of my life. Anyone who does this usually learns about insects that prey upon plants. The smart ones also learn about the balance of nature.

I have seen cut worms, aphids, mites and hoppers destroy crops and the plants that produce them. I have seen how practising mono culture, that is growing huge, unbroken areas of a single crop, has facilitated terrible infestations by providing and almost endless feast of a favoured plant for a pest.

I have seen pest control that did more harm than good by killing not only the targeted pest, but directly or indirectly also many benificial organisms. Collateral damage, so to speak.

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Obama's garden shoots controversy

The Internet is wonderful. I get a lot of news feeds via email and RSS, much more news, and a wider variety, than one would ever get when print media was the only real source for an in-depth look at what was going on in the world. I get stuff from the left, the right and the mushy middle. Some of it is interesting, some hilarious and some even frightening.

Planting a seed for community gardens meeting

Apr 11 2009 - 2:00pm
Apr 11 2009 - 4:00pm

Location

Thomas Raddall Room, Keshen Goodman Library
330 Lacewood Drive
Halifax, NS
Canada
Phone: (902) 454-6846
44° 39' 34.398" N, 63° 39' 58.8888" W

Come and “plant a seed” to help us bring to life the first community garden in Halifax West, next to the new Mainland Common Community Centre. Find out more about urban and school gardening possibilities. Join our Community Garden Network. Organized by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network.

Contact name: 
Tamara Lorincz
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