Nutrition

Aug 21, 20181 min read

Resource on gardening with kids

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

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Jun 6, 20182 min read

Kids Growing Programs, Spring 2018

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

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Nov 2, 20171 min read

Cook & Grow, fall 2017

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

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Jun 1, 20171 min read

Events

P is for Planting

Patricia decided to plant a garden. She wanted to grow all the things that had the same first letter as her name, but the only plant she...

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A double-double black magic kale, please!

Oct 26, 20152 min read

A double-double black magic kale, please!

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

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Honey Pot Herbals – New Cross-Promotion with GTGK

Jan 22, 20141 min read

Events

Honey Pot Herbals – New Cross-Promotion with GTGK

Check out this amazing online small business making beautiful personal care products with fine imported and native ingredients. We love...

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Aug 2, 20112 min read

A Life Change

Growing up as a kid I had to be cautious around food due to my sensitivities and allergies. It didn’t help that my mom would make sure I...

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A deliciously warm autumn in the school food gardens

Nov 19, 20103 min read

Programs

A deliciously warm autumn in the school food gardens

The school food gardens in east downtown Toronto have been blessed with an exceptionally long and warm autumn, making for a lot of...

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Article sur le Centre Francophone et le jardin commencé à Allan Gardens

Sep 30, 20104 min read

Programs

Article sur le Centre Francophone et le jardin commencé à Allan Gardens

The lovely Candice Nsongo, Community Health Worker at the Centre Francophone de Toronto(CFT), was featured in an article in L’Express,...

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Aug 10, 20102 min read

Programs

Summer Youth & Good Times

Goodness. It’s August! We’ve had Sarah, Jijo, J.J., Amanuel, Winston, Jiawen, Abie and Sail, the youth we’ve co-hired with Youth Voices...

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Benefits of tasting plants in the garden

Jun 10, 20104 min read

Benefits of tasting plants in the garden

“This garden is so pretty and there’s so much food” – 9 year old girl at Winchester at lunch recess on Monday. I am super pleased when...

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year-round food gardens feed school children

Apr 14, 20101 min read

year-round food gardens feed school children

Thanks to season extension techniques -cold frames, raised beds and row covers- our lettuce and spinach were in the ground all winter...

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Vegetable Jalfrezi curry deliciousness at Eco Club

Mar 4, 20104 min read

Vegetable Jalfrezi curry deliciousness at Eco Club

It’s March and we can just taste spring in the air, even if there is still snow at our feet. Greenhouse programming will be starting...

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Eco Club making jerk chicken, rice and peas

Jan 25, 20102 min read

Eco Club making jerk chicken, rice and peas

The second group of students, all girls, from Eco Club decided on making jerk chicken and a rice and peas dish, after much deliberation....

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Jan 14, 20102 min read