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Category Archives: Food and Garden
Frogs in the Park
We were at Clinton park every Tuesday! What do we have here? Check this out, Veggies provided by Spark BC. Seeds give away, did you know you can plant in august, come down and get your seeds! I have kale, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Events, Food and Garden, Informational
Tagged children, Clinton park, Community Events, family programs, food, Food Security, frog hollow, Frogs in the Park, garden, gardening, greens, Hastings-Sunrise, Kale, kids, neighbourhood house, plants, Seeds, sparcbc, Vegetable, vegetables
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Aboriginal Day in the Family Drop In
Three sister soup in the making! A yummy traditional indigenous soup! Made with butternut squash, green beans, corn, potatoes, some soup broth, a little pepper, and a whole lot of love. You can find the recipe here. While … Continue reading
Past Event: Walk with Lori Snyder
Lori Snyder is an indigenous and contemporary First Nations Metis Herbalist. She loves to teach people about the wonders of what is growing under their feet. Lori shares natural ways to make skincare products, sunscreen, infused honeys, green drinks, vinegar … Continue reading
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Tagged community walk, food, garden, gardening, lori snyder, plants
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FoodFit 12-Week Program Starting January 29, 2018
Happy New Year 2018! Come join us in this great program starting this Monday, January 29th! FoodFit is a 12-week program for low-income community members who experience barriers around healthy eating and physical activity but who are motivated to make … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Garden, Informational
Tagged cooking, food, foodfit, healthy food, workshop
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Neighbourhood Small Grants: Can U Can It? [Event Recap]
September is here and the kids are back to school. If you have been scrambling to get ready for school, you’re not the only one. I am happy to share the past Small Grants event that was hosted by the … Continue reading
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Tagged canning workshop, Neighbourhood Small Grants
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Gardening with Love
Yes! We grew that! It started with a seed in a miniature green house back at the neighbourhood house in the month of May. Transplanted in the month of June, and waved our magic wand for a little universal love. … Continue reading
Apple Chips,Yum!
We delivered a workshop at Clinton Park and shared How to make apple chips! Actually, just about any other fruit veggie or herb can be preserved in the dehydrator. It’s quite remarkable. We had samples of all types of produce … Continue reading
Sprouting Beans!
Little blessed hands at work. Children labelled their bean, each give their bean a little water from time to time. And as you can see it only took a week to grow!!
Posted in Food and Garden, Informational
Tagged beans, children, gardening, little hands, sprouts
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Youth Hands at Work
Last Thursday we had 12 youth engaged at transplanting kale seedlings, lettuce, and harvest kale seed pods. The seeds from the pods were planted directly in the soil- it was an amazing experience for them for they never saw just … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton Park Experiential Garden, community gardens, garden, kale pods, seniors, transplant, youth
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Planting Magic Beans
Children gathered at the gardeners hangout to plant some beans that had been soaking over night. Its not really the right time of year to plant beans but with our crazy weather and weird start of seasons we thought we … Continue reading
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Tagged abracadabra, beans, children, community gardens, herbs, Kale, magic
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