[Garden] Community Garden Visioning Brunch Tomorrow

[Candace Wormsbecker]

Hello Gardeners,

 

I just wanted to remind you all of the following event happening tomorrow
morning.  Please come if you can.  There are lots of exciting things
happening locally and now is our time to think about where we will go from
here!

 

    Exploring the Possibilities:

 Community Garden Get Together

 

FREE BRUNCH!

 

Now that we have all put our gardens to rest for another year we can start
reflecting on all the happenings of the season.  On behalf of the Region of
Waterloo Community Garden Council, we would like to extend an invitation to
a morning of exploration.  

 

This morning will be an opportunity to share experiences from your garden,
learn more about exciting community gardens in other cities, and allow us to
start thinking how we could bring these ideas to the Region of Waterloo.
This will also be a chance to follow-up from the focus groups that were held
in the spring.  

 

In the Region of Waterloo we had two new gardens start up in 2008.  We also
heard from many garden representatives they were able to fill all their
plots for the first time in a long time.  Yet more gardens have been able to
attract diverse members of their community to their gardens, and many have
had success at finding donations for their gardens.  We also heard some
people state how the gardens helped decrease crime in their neighbourhood.
Regionally, there is a suggestion of policies that will help to provide more
support to the community gardens.  

 

Seattle has hundred's of people waiting for plots, gardens with windmills,
fountains, totem poles, and raised beds made of cob!  They have engaged
local artists, musicians, environmental groups, and neighbours into their
gardens with great success.  

 

Locally, we have gardens that have incorporated labyrinths, peace poles, cob
ovens, children's plots, communal herb and flower gardens, and school
education into their gardens.  What great ideas!  

 

Please come out, invite and meet others, and share all your great stories
and ideas!  Let's share what we have been able to do, explore new
possibilities, and build upon the great things we already have going.  

 

Let's get inspired and spread the excitement about community gardens!   

 

Date:  Saturday, November 29, 2008

Time:  11am-1pm

Location:  Forest Hill United Church - 121 Westmount Road East, Kitchener

 

________________________

 

Candace Wormsbecker

Community Garden Capacity Builder

 

Opportunities Waterloo Region

235  King St. E., Main Floor

Kitchener, ON

N2G 4N5

 

Tel: 519-883-2353 ext. 5984

Fax: 519-568-8587

 

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it."
       - Jonathan Winters

 

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