[Garden] Garden Update - September 29th, 2008

[Candace Wormsbecker]

Garden Update - September 29, 2008 (please circulate to gardeners and other
interested parties)

 

Media

 

*	The Record - Saturday, Sept 13th .  Back to the landTheRecord.com -
Life - Back to the land:  Immigrants in happy place as they tend four-acre
field that produces tastes of home.
http://news.therecord.com/printArticle/414364 
*	New Hamburg Independent - Aug 20th, Going back to the garden:  A
series exploring the local food movement.
http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news/article/140106 
*	New Hamburg Independent - Jul 30th, Waterloo Region is no stranger
to local food.  http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news/article/137837 
*	Ontario Healthy Communities "Healthy Communities in the Built
Environment" will feature an article in an upcoming publication on Regional
Densification Policies and the role the municipal government needs to play
to preserves urban green space for community gardens.  Stay tuned for more
information about this publication. 

 

Sponsorship

 

*	Home Depot has awarded a $500 gift card to Victoria Hills
Multicultural Garden for a fence.  Congratulations! 

 

Volunteers

 

*	Template on garden structure and organization being constructed for
comment from garden coordinators.   If your garden is generally functioning
well and you could share some of your tricks of the trade, I'd love to hear
from you.  Please see below for my contact information. 
*	I have recruited a few University of Waterloo students to help in
the garden.  If you need help with clean up or other jobs around your garden
now is the time.  Please contact me and I will pass this information along
to the students. 

 

Events

 

*	The First Kitchener "Healing Garden Music Fest" - come and enjoy the
combined talents of some of the region's - and Canada's finest folk and
acoustic blues musicians, while helping out a truly wonderful cause. 100% of
the proceeds from this fabulous concert go to the creation of peaceful
garden patios for patients at cancer treatment centres.  Sunday October 5th,
2 pm. King Street Theatre, 36 King Street West, Kitchener. $17 in advance or
$22 at the door. Students /Seniors receive a $2 discount.  For more
information go to http://www.patiorecords.com/ 
*	Empowered Neighbourhoods: From Theory to Practice - Jim Diers,
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, Victoria Park Pavilion, 80 Schneider Avenue,
Kitchener. 12:00-4:30 p.m. & 7-9 p.m. $25 for afternoon session, evening
session free (Fee will be waived for community volunteers) -
http://www.engageus.ca/ 
*	"Let's Curb Pesticides" brown bag luncheon.  Tom Bird, Public Health
Planner from the Region of Waterloo Public Health will talk about natural
lawn care methods, and options for replacing grass with native and water
efficient plants. October 2, 12:05 - 12:55 p.m. Location: University of
Waterloo Campus, Room DC 1304. No charge. Please register through
UWRC at admmail.uwaterloo.ca.  There will be a master gardener at the workshop.

*	$$ So Where's the Green? $$, An exciting odyssey learning more about
sponsorship for Community Gardens.  Come see the garden and labyrinth and
learn from other garden coordinators and funders how to approach sponsors
and get what you need. Location:  St James United Church, 171 Sherwood Ave.
Kitchener. October 21st, 6:30-9pm. 
*	Reminder: ReThink Waterloo. October 3rd, 8:30am-5pm. Free to public;
7:30-9pm Robert Kennedy Jr. Tickets $20 for students, $35 for General
Public. For more information see www.allourrelations.org
<http://www.allourrelations.org/>  

 

Garden Tips

 

*	For tips on freezing your harvest check out
http://chd.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/health.nsf/c56e308f49bfeb7885256abc0071
ec9a/19e339ad197a415185256b1b0058e770!OpenDocument#Community%20Gardens%20in%
20Kitchener 
*	For a more information on food preservation (from freezing, to
storing, to pickling and canning) the National Centre for Home Food
Preservation also has very useful information and some links to publications
put out by the US Department of Agriculture.  Please see
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/index.html to access this information.  

 

 

If you have any items you would like to share please send them to
candace at owr.ca or call 519-883-2353 ext. 5984.  I once again encourage you
to pass this along to everyone at your garden or to anyone else you think
would be interested.

 

Happy Gardening!

 

Candace

________________________

 

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

 

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered (Ralph
Waldo Emerson).

 

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