Join Alex and fellow gardeners as we start our Guided Work Parties on Wednesday, March 19th. Join us on the 23rd for our first Seed Swap Sunday. It is also a potluck so be sure to bring a dish to share (if you want). Check the Event Calendar on our website as we have the Work Parties on most Wednesdays and Sundays. Click here to Sign-Up. The April schedule will be posted shortly.
Apple Day recap — September 28
We had good weather, a nice turnout, and lots of eager volunteers of all ages today.
We had an apple sample table with four varieties of seasonal apples from the Unity Farm Collective, Choices Market brought an apple dish for the potluck table as well as others from our volunteers, and the Vancouver Fruit Tree Project provided us with boxes of apples for juicing which were enthusiastically chopped up by our volunteers before shredding and juicing.
Our newly purchased apple press and shredder worked well together, operated by nearly everyone present, including some small children who worked hard at the hand cranking, with some encouragement from the adults! We probably processed about 80-100 lbs of apples, including those from two nearby gardens, the householders taking away bottles of juice.
In the end we ran out of bottles before we ran out of apples! Our dehydrator was also demonstrated by Art Bomke, another excellent way to preserve apples for winter eating.
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We’ve all seen the forgotten wilted greens on our fridge a week after picking them from our garden. How can we prevent this?
Read moreVolunteer Spotlight: Angela Hoy
Recently, MLA Heyman featured one of our very own Master Gardener, Angela Hoy, in his newsletter. Angela has been involved with the garden for years now, and she has been instrumental in shaping Riley Park Community Garden to what it is now. As the only Master Composter in Canada, she has been vital in managing our organic compost for the garden and has been involved in various events like our annual Tomato Festival and Apple Days.
You can reach MLA Heyman at @georgeheyman on Instagram.
LMNHS x Madame Beespeaker
Recently, we had the pleasure of interviewing Lori Weidenhammer, better known as Madame Beespeaker. Lori is an artist, naturalist, and a cherished long-time partner of LMNHS.
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