[Garden] Garden Update April 2009

[Candace Wormsbecker]

Garden Update April 2009 - please circulate

 

 

Resources

 

*         4 Free Sheds Available - 8ft x 16ft. The roof is slanted in one
direction, the highest point is 9ft the lower point is 7 ft.  All 4 are in
roughly the same condition.  The location of the sheds can be found at
<http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e59007
1a3d4/0ce36762337d8fb585256e8b0065f42f!OpenDocument>
http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e590071
a3d4/0ce36762337d8fb585256e8b0065f42f!OpenDocument

Need to provide transportation. Call Dave Johnstone, 519-883-5150 Ext 8413

 

NEW Website 

 

*         The Community Garden Council of Waterloo Region has a new website.
Please find us on the web for upcoming events, news, and resources on
community gardening, as well as a listing of the community gardens in
Waterloo Region at:  www.community-gardens.ca
<http://www.community-gardens.ca/> 

 

Events (Celebrate Earth Day April 22nd:-))

 

*         Mark Your Calendars for the First Annual Community Garden Fest -
May 2nd from 10am-3pm!  Jim Diers will be speaking, and there will be
gardening workshops and family activities for the whole family.  There will
be a special Volunteer Appreciation for all the wonderful work you are doing
in your gardens; you must come to be entered for the prizes!  See
<http://www.communitygardenfest.com/> www.communitygardenfest.com for more
details.  

 

*         "Taste of Woolwich", a Woolwich Healthy Communities Month Event.
Free event TODAY, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, St Jacobs Community Centre; Donations
at the door appreciated.  For a complete listing of Woolwich Healthy
Communities Month Activities go to
http://www.healthywoolwich.org/WHC/HC_Month/calendar%20for%20website%202009w
ith%20times.pdf

*         City Green Cambridge's annual workshop.  Thurs. April 16th, 7-9
p.m at Cambridge City Hall.  Come find out about green initiatives in the
City of Cambridge.  Community Gardens will be represented here as well.

*         Pollination Symposium. Saturday, April 18th - 8:30am-4pm.
Registration fee: $30, payable in cash at the door.  Royal City Ballroom,
Delta Guelph Hotel and Conference Center, 50 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON.
There will be presentations, booths, silent auction, and pollination items
for sale.  

*         Sonoco Earth Day Celebration.  A fun-filled day of family
activities with an environmental theme. Join us at the Laurel Creek
Conservation Area and dig in to plant 1,000 trees and shrubs or enjoy some
hands-on activities offered by local experts! Sunday, April 26, 1:00pm to
4:00pm.  Laurel Creek Conservation Area, Waterloo.  The Community Garden
Council will be here as well.

 

Media

 

*         In gardens, a design for the city:  A new exhibition explores how
food cultivation could change the urban fabric.
<http://www.thestar.com/article/591261>
http://www.thestar.com/article/591261

*         Recession grows interest in seeds, vegetable gardening.
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-02-19-recession-vegetabl
e-seeds_N.htm>
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2009-02-19-recession-vegetable
-seeds_N.htm

*         Digging their way out of recession.
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=131854
76

*         Spring gardening is a dangerous sport, claim doctors.
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5011927/Spring-gardening-is-a-dangerou
s-sport-claim-doctors.html>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5011927/Spring-gardening-is-a-dangerous
-sport-claim-doctors.html

 

 

Garden Success

 

*         Congratulations to The Giving Garden in Cambridge.  They were
recently awarded $200.00 from Cambridge City Council to purchase tools and
supplies for their garden.  The remaining $300.00 they requested was later
donated by a member of the audience.  What a great success!  

*         City of Cambridge Gardens received free advertising in this
Springs Activities Guide.  See page 3 at:
http://www.cambridge.ca/relatedDocs/Parks,%20Trails%20
<http://www.cambridge.ca/relatedDocs/Parks,%20Trails%20&%20Facilities%20Inde
x.pdf> &%20Facilities%20Index.pdf

 

 

Happy Garden Planning:-)

 

Candace

 

Please feel free to forward any news from your garden or other interesting
tidbits that can be passed along.

 

 

________________________

 

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

 

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today".
     ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

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