Green Thumbs is hiring 6 summer students! Here’s the deal: Applicants must be (a) between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start...

by Emily Pascall, March 17, 2016 We completed our last pea shoot program a few weeks ago at Sprucecourt Public School.  For the last...

Hi my name is Mia. I am currently a student in Community Worker Program in George Brown College. I have an interest in working with kids...

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

The children who came to Winchester Garden this past week have blown me away with their remarkable ability to absorb information and...

Call for Division! Native Plant Divisions for our Biodiversity Corner This fall, Green Thumbs is setting roots in Regent Park. In...

Reflecting on yield, by Chimu Titi, Urban Roots Youth Program Leader Gardeners think a lot about yield, what is it?  Quantity?  The...

Small Change Fund – Urban Roots Youth Catching Rain Wow, what a dry summer up until last week. Our youth worked on the rainwater...

Remember the tray of pea sprouts (Or should I perhaps write pea shoots) the Urban Roots Youth planted almost three weeks ago? No? Here...

We started our first session of the Urban Roots Youth Program at Rosedale Heights Greenhouse last week with much success. In partnership...

Want to learn about food production? Green Thumbs Growing Kids is pleased to announce that we are soon starting a new program for youth....

Seed saving at Winchester P.S. during garden club Greetings y’all! Ah yes, the first notable snowfall in Toronto befall the city last...

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

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

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...

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...

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

Winter is a good time to stay indoors and focus more on learning food preparation skills. Also to eat yummy hot foods to fill our...