Do you want to get involved in a community garden? Do you enjoy gardening and want to learn more? Do you want to help organize potlucks, work parties, workshops for kids to seniors, be the friendly face meeting and greeting our garden members? We are hiring 2 students to work this season. For more information email joanne_mackinnon@lmnhs.bc.ca and check out the job description. Please share with your networks. Thank you for funding from Canada Summer Jobs.
Seed Library for our Garden Bed Members
Attention to all our Garden Bed Members and veggie gardeners. check out the list of seeds we have available for you to plant in your garden bed this season. Thank you to Village Vancouver for providing a lot of the seeds. Also, we will be getting beautiful organic tomato plants towards the end of May/ beginning of June, so no need to start from seeds or purchase any plants.
PLANE in the Garden
UBC Environmental Education students worked with families with kids under the age of 6 on physical literacy and nature education. They had 4 sessions in the Riley Park Community Garden learning about compost and planted a few vegetables. If you have an idea for education or workshops in the Fieldhouse or using the Community Garden, apply online to use our space.
Read moreEcological Literacy Through Gardening
The education project “Ecological Literacy Through Gardening” is a pilot project that involves the SPEC school garden program, Charles Tupper Secondary School and the Riley Park Community Garden. This project is designed to promote ecological literacy among high school aged students, and enhance their access to healthy and wholesome food. An additional purpose of the project is to encourage youth to develop critical thinking about the land, its history and the protocols of community relations and responsibilities. Pictures and more information to come. Visit their garden bed at #5.
Libraries & Gardens
Built by Robin Hastings (our Bartlett Tree Expert on the right), the Produce Library invites community members to help themselves to produce left in this space. Selina Pope, beside Robin on the right, led the Work Party to harvest the fall planted crops.
A big thank you to Farmer Chris of One Love Farm who donated the plants and worked with us on their planting. Marta Ramos, our Newcomer Community Kitchen coordinator (on the left) is most grateful to use the produce from the garden in her program.
