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Please read the note from the desk of Garden Jane, it is inspiring and informative!
Events in May
The Soil Food Web
Sun May 31st, 10 am - 1 pm
The Soil Food Web (Intermediate)
$30-45 sliding scale. This workshop is for garden keeners who want to learn more about soil science and the soil food web. Topics: pH; Nitrogen and other macro and micronutrients; bacteria, fungi and other members of the food web; low and medium tech ways to make good compost tea and how to use it; inoculants and amendments that feed the soil. Good for advanced gardeners or those who have taken Intro to Permaculture & Organic Gardening. High Park Childrens Garden.
Pre-registration required
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Storytelling & Activities
Sat May 23rd and Sun May 24th, 10 am - 4 pm
Storytelling & activities at Brickwork's and Evergreen's Doors Open Event . Hear how a Japanese farmer becomes a juggler, joins a circus and ends up in the Don Valley. Free.
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Sorauren Farmers Market
Mon May 25th, 3 - 6 pm
Sorauren Farmers Market food and garden activities.
Sorauren Park, Toronto west end. Free.
Click here for the Map
Sorauren Farmers Market Website www.westendfood.coop
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Introduction to Organic Gardening Workshop
Thurs May 21st, 2 - 7 pm
Introduction to Organic Gardening Workshop
(2 hour workshop, followed by a workbee)
This informal hands-on workshop is open to home gardeners and community gardeners. Drop in for a part or the whole day if you like. Bring your questions.
Phyllis Rawlinson Park Community Garden,
Richmond Hill. Free.
For more info, contact Lisa Fisk at lfisk@evergreen.ca.
or (416)596-1495 x 226
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Introduction to Organic Gardening and Permaculture
Sat May 9th or Sat May 30th
10 am - 3 pm
Introduction to Organic Gardening and Permaculture
$50-75 sliding scale (incl. take home resources). This hands on workshop introduces organic gardening, permaculture theory and seasonal hands on activities. Topics: vegetable gardening; permaculture design; organic and permaculture practices; plant guilds (plants that grow well together, help soil tilth and support the larger ecosystem); dynamic accumulators (plants that accumulate nutrients & feed the soil); spring planting; soil building; cover crops & mulches; organic pest control. High Park Childrens Garden.
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Cirque Dirt storytelling and hands-on fun
May long weekend, 16th-18th, 11 am - 5 pm
Cirque Dirt storytelling and hands-on fun with The Great Seedball Revolution. HarbourKids Weekend at the Harbourfront Centre. Free.
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Events in June
Sustainable Food: Food, Body and Soil
Wed June 10th, 6 - 8 pm
Sustainable Food: Food, Body and Soil
An exploration of sustainable food. Topics: What's in a name? Words to watch for and what they actually mean: organic, local, transitional, GMO, GE, sustainable, fair trade, food miles;
Nutrients, from soil to body; How green do we eat?; Food that grows within 100 miles (161 km) and where to get it.
Register through Rebekka Hutton at (416)596-1495 x 244
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Sorauren Farmers Market
Mon June 8th, 3 - 6 pm
and
Mon June 15th, 3 - 6 pm
Sorauren Farmers Market food and garden activities.
Sorauren Park, Toronto west end. Free.
Click here for the Map
Sorauren Farmers Market Website www.westendfood.coop
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Growing for Success
Sat June 6th, 2 - 7 pm (2 hour workshop, followed by a workbee)
Growing for Success
This informal hands-on workshop is open to home gardeners & community gardeners wanting to learn more about organic gardening. Drop in for a part or the whole day if you like. Bring your questions. Phyllis Rawlinson Park Community Garden, Richmond Hill. Free.
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Green City Workshops
Sat June 13th, 11 am - 1 pm
Green City Workshops: Go organic at Evergreen Brick Works
Join us for a primer on permaculture and the principles of organic gardening. Learn how to go healthy and holistic in your own garden, and pick some fresh herbal teas for inspiration.
This is a family-friendly event!
To RSVP and for more information, please contact Clair at claire@evergreen.ca .
$5 donation or Pay What You Can.
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Designing Container Gardens That Work for Young Children
Tues June 16th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Designing Container Gardens That Work for Young Children
$30, ...includes training booklet and materials.
Learn how to grow organic vegetables, herbs and other useful plants in containers, types of containers that work best for your child care program, and gardening activities that work with young children. You'll also learn what plants to avoid, so you can focus on hardy, non-toxic varieties that are easily cared for by even the littlest green thumbs.
St. Catharines.
Register by contacting the Early Childhood Community Development Centre at (905)646-7311 ext. 304
or eccdc@eccdc.org .
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
Cirque Dirt at Sorauren Park
Here is the note form the desk of Garden Jane.
Sun June 21st, 2 pm
Cirque Dirt performs at TOTstock for Fathers Day at Sorauren Park. See Stinky Gardener (Jerome Godboo) and Garden Jane get garden silly.
We are on at 2, but the event goes until 5. Sorauren Park, Toronto west end. Free.
Click here for the Map
For more info on services, events or workshops:
Garden Jane at permagarden@yahoo.com
(416)536-9144)
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