At Green Thumbs (https://greenthumbsto.org) our mission is to cultivate environmental stewardship through hands-on garden and food...

by Sunday Harrison, Executive Director Image by Lara Lucretia Outdoor learning is a true breath of fresh air, after months of being...

We are now entering into the second school year of this pandemic, which has drastically changed the learning environment for teachers,...

by Cam Weir, Teacher Candidate Volunteer Reflecting on student food knowledge and education, there is a lot of research on how to better...

by Cindy Tran, Teacher Candidate Today, education continues to grow and change. I realize there are endless possibilities we can offer to...

by Philippa Wood What are Weeds, Really? We’ve all heard the term weeds before. They take over garden spaces, compete with our vegetables...

by Lily Yee Calendula is one of many floral plants grown in our school gardens, as well as on our rooftop garden at Daniels Spectrum.  In...

By Sarah Dobec It’s spring and the warmer days will make us dream of our gardens. If you have found some seeds in your garden shed and...

Just received: a nice link from Yard Care Gurus! Ultimate Beginners Guide To Gardening With Kids

Students, teachers and volunteers have been busy at work this Spring in getting our school gardens ready for the growing season! Despite...

Thanks to NSERC’s Science Odyssey program, we are offering a one-day Horticulture Fair – exploring post-secondary education and jobs in...

We started a fantastic new project this year, thanks to funding from the Gosling Foundation and from Landscape Ontario. The goals of the...

by Chimu Titi This fall Green Thumbs was afforded the opportunity through a generous grant from LUSH Cosmetics’ Charity Pot program, to...

Natalie Meyers, one of the animators of this exciting new program working at Nelson Mandela Park PS shares this: “We had a wonderful...

Five-year-olds don’t always want to eat their vegetables. But when they’ve spent time exploring a schoolyard garden and picking their...

A Community that stays together by Kisha Andrews, Community Worker in Training After two months of planning, I actually completed my...

Give Peas A Chance! Hello everyone, my name is Brad and I am a Community Worker in training at George Brown College. If you are reading...

Building earth block bed Lots of heavy lifting at GTGK last month! We’ve successfully built one garden earth brick bed at Winchester...

Below are some photos from a seed saving workshop we did in December. Some of the seeds will for be the schools for the next growing...