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Riley Park Community Garden

50 East 30th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V5V 2T9
7789983471
A food security project of Little Mountain Neighbourhood House

Riley Park Community Garden

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Diatomaceous earth can help with pests! October 5 Guided Work Party

October 6, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool

Diatomaceous earth is a sedimentary rock that is organic approved and can be used as a pesticide.

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We attended Growing Great Garlic 101! October 2 Guided Work Party & Workshop

October 4, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool
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Alex explaining late blight on the tomatoes.

Alex explaining late blight on the tomatoes.

Is this okra? If so, I didn’t know we’d sown any!

Is this okra? If so, I didn’t know we’d sown any!

New recruit Steve filling up the compost bin!

New recruit Steve filling up the compost bin!

Today’s harvest.

Today’s harvest.

Today’s delicious and unusual lunch from our caterer Catherine! A savoury beetroot cheesecake, corn and potato salad, and green salad.

Today’s delicious and unusual lunch from our caterer Catherine! A savoury beetroot cheesecake, corn and potato salad, and green salad.

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Alex led a lovely workshop on growing great garlic today.

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Our October Donation Station Helps Feed Families in Need

October 1, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool
A full wagon of produce donations

A full wagon of produce donations

Give fresh food here!

Give fresh food here!

Four fingers for four hundred dollars raised!

Four fingers for four hundred dollars raised!

Fresh greens that were donated

Fresh greens that were donated

Today, we received $427 and a small mountain of fresh produce that will help us continue the fight for food security and food justice at Little Mountain!

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New season, new corn - September 28 Guided Work Party

October 1, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool

Fall is here, and corn is ready to be harvested. We learned that an ear of corn is ready when the silk filaments on top start to turn brown.

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Hello autumn! Our Sounds of Fall event was a huge success

September 29, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool
Akhila, the super start volunteer who came last minute to Liberty Cafe the night before to help us make the soup.
Three sisters soup 😋
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On September 21, the community garden hosted Sounds of Fall to usher in the new season.

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Where to find us

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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Funded in part by the Government of Canada's New Horizon for Seniors Program
 
 

Charity Registration Number: 107629925RR0001
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