Zoe Kende, St. Jamestown resident, has been putting hundreds of hours into gardening and cleaning up around our two school gardens at...

We've been teaching and learning all about composting, including the Green Bin kind (anerobic) and the outdoor, 3-cell system kind...

by Sophie Mihevc Summer maintenance is often seen as a barrier to school garden success, and the reason why so many struggle to flourish....

by Rebecca Davis, Urban Agriculture Specialist This 2022 growing season was full of native plantings and pollinator focused programs....

Au cours des deux dernières saisons de croissance, nous n'avons pas pu être dans les jardins avec les enfants. Nous sommes donc ravis de...

For the last two growing seasons we have not been able to be in the gardens with the children so we are excited to be planning in person...

(and if they aren't, they should be) by Sunday Harrison, Executive Director 2021 and the continuing pandemic brought gardening into focus...

Don't you love how squirrels take a bite out of your tomatoes and cucumbers? Well, we've heard that leaving some water out for them might...

by Heather Wilberforce, with Catherine Tammaro Have you ever wondered about the sign that stands inside the Winchester School Children’s...

Saturday September 14 – Toronto The second annual Urban Agriculture Week was kicked off on Saturday 14 September, a beautiful warm day....

See the school gardens that Green Thumbs cultivates, make a smoothie, learn about urban agriculture at the Fair in Regent Park. The shady...

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...

Our Urban Roots Youth program kicked off this spring in April with helping hands eager to get dirty after a long winter. The spring...

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...

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...

“Environmentalism is not a specialty or a discipline like medicine or teaching or law. It’s a way of seeing the world and recognizing...

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