My name is Ashley Esakin and I am a soil scientist. I am located in a Canadian Zone 3 and a USDA Zone 4. I write articles on Gardening in Canada, make YouTube videos, Instagram and Facebook posts all designed...
Continue ReadingOne thing you should know about me: I live for garden season. Nothing beats eating freshly picked tomatoes off the vine or carrots with a little dirt on them — not to mention the excitement of growing a new vegetable!...
Continue ReadingWow - what a season it has been! With the temperatures approaching freezing and the shortest day of the year just around the corner, our garden is officially all bundled up for the winter (and by bundled up we mean...
Continue ReadingThe Cowichan Lake Community Garden is located in the Town of Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. It was created in 2014 by volunteers from the community and with the support of Town Council, the Island Health Authority, and the Cowichan...
Continue ReadingKidSafe provides some of Vancouver's most resilient children and youth with the safety, supervision, nutritious meals, and hours of fun they deserve when schools are closed for break. Over the past 8 weeks of Summer Break, KidSafe has provided on-site...
Continue ReadingFarmers on 57th is a non-profit society operating 1 acre of community growing space in the Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ / sel̓íl̓witulh Nations. The seed for Farmers on 57th germinated in 2008 when founder Jen Rashleigh rode...
Continue ReadingJust 10 minutes from Port Alberni on 172 acres is Shelter Farm, a social enterprise operated by The Port Alberni Shelter Society. The Shelter Farm is a small-scale market garden initiative that works to alleviate the negative effects poverty has...
Continue ReadingWild Women of the North Society is a nonprofit located in Quesnel, BC. Our society is a 100% volunteer organization. We were founded by a group of like-minded women who could see various gaps in our community that were not...
Continue ReadingThe Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (HCP) Gardens opened in 1979 with a prominent vision in mind, to have a public demonstration garden and a centre of horticultural education, celebrating the importance of plants in a sustainable world. It was...
Continue ReadingAbout Our ProjectCHEP’s goal is to tackle food security by addressing education, access, and food affordability. The askîy project is a CHEP initiative that focuses on educating Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth in understanding urban agriculture. Through our internship, interns have...
Continue ReadingThe Houston Community Garden is run by Houston Link to Learning and is used as a learning program to teach people about planting, growing, and harvesting their own food. Plenty of beautiful outdoor space to learn & grow. The majority...
Continue ReadingFor many years the Green & Gold Community Garden has been a fortunate recipient of donated seeds from West Coast Seeds. Situated on just over two acres of the University of Alberta’s south campus farmland, in Edmonton, the Garden serves...
Continue ReadingMore than a garden centre and bistro, Tanglebank Gardens hopes to plant seeds of inspiration in the hearts and minds of all of their guests. The original Tanglebank began as a Homestead in Saskatchewan in 1920, opened by the owner’s...
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