It's nearly mid-July and the garden is lush! This Saturday, get a little dirt under your fingernails at the work party (10:00 am - 12:00 pm), lunch and learn with the Syrian community from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, and tap into your creative side with Indigenous Herbalist and Educator, Lori Snyder, as we map the garden from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Don't forget to bring the kids!
Be sure to check out our other upcoming events at our Events Calendar.
Put on your dancing shoes! Every Tuesday morning through July and August, the garden will host Seniors Line Dancing. Bring a hat, water and come socialize with other active community members while our talented volunteer leads you through the steps.
All seniors are welcome!
When: 9:00 am - 10:30 am | every Tuesday in July and August
Where: E 30th Ave. at Ontario Street | Riley Park Community Garden
This Saturday promises to be another busy day at the Riley Park Community Garden. Pop by in the morning to help with the work party (10:00 am - 12:00 pm), lunch and learn with the Syrian community from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, and dig into the secrets of composting at a workshop led by Master Composter, Angela Hoy in the early afternoon (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm).
Be sure to check out our Event Calendar for other garden happenings.
The Riley Park Farmers Market provides Little Mountain Neighbourhood House with a Donation Station in the market every month. The farmers and shoppers donate produce and funds to support our community kitchen and cooking programs for vulnerable populations served by the House.
On June 23, donations supported the Newcomers Community Kitchen. With an estimated 15 lbs of produce, our Kitchen Facilitator, Marta Ramos, and her group cooked soups, vegetable pakoras and salads for this community. The 15 people participating in the kitchen were immigrants and newcomers from China, Korea, Mexico, Indonesia, Chile, Peru and Spain, all amazed at how flavourful and tasty the dishes were as, for some, it was their first time eating organic produce.
Our next donation station is Saturday, July 21. Feel free to stop by our booth and learn more about how the garden and Little Mountain Neighbourhood House works to support immigrant and newcomer communities.
Riley Park Community Garden’s first Garden Day celebration was a big hit! Volunteers started off the day by digging elbows-deep into general garden maintenance before being rewarded by a tasty honey potluck. From baklava to pancakes, community members used the honey theme to show off dishes from their home countries, while the Honey Shoppe provided a honey tasting.
Park Board Commissioner Michael Wiebe and Minister of Justice (and enthusiastic garden supporter) Jody Wilson-Raybould were among those who partook in the lunch, with the latter receiving a Riley Park bouquet from our resident Master Gardener afterward. The day wound down with kids and adults alike coming together to build a pollinator hotel, thanks to guidance from Hayley Trachsel of Climate Guides, which will eventually host a community of mason bees.
A jam-packed day, it was a great way to kick off a summer full of events! Find out what we have planned for the coming weeks by checking out our event calendar and signing up for the newsletter.
50 E 30th Ave
Vancouver, BC V5V 2T9
Riley Park Community Garden is a food security project of Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (102-1193 Kingsway)
We acknowledge that the land on which we garden and gather is the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories belonging to the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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