Archive for the ‘ Community Garden Updates ’ Category

2011
09/17

Lillooet Park Community Garden Grand Opening

Come celebrate the completion of this wonderful garden September 17th, 10am-1pm We’ve got lots to celebrate – Lillooet Park Community Garden is the first community garden in the District of North Vancouver, PLUS it was built entirely by volunteer gardeners! This is an outdoor, family friendly event that will take place rain or shine – [ READ MORE ]

2011
06/13

Delegation to Council – Expanding the Lower Lonsdale Community Garden

You’re invited to join us to support expansion of the Lower Lonsdale Community Garden at City Council on Monday June 13th at 6pm Arrive at Council Chambers at City Hall (141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver) at 6pm. We are supposed to be early on the agenda! Please email Emily if you plan on coming: volunteer@ediblegardenproject.com * [ READ MORE ]

2011
02/10

Advancing Urban Agriculture Grants Announced

Vancouver Coastal Health supporting community food projects! Vancouver Coastal Health is once again offering their ‘Advancing Urban Agriculture Grants’ to the community. The goal of this grant is to increase food security for all members of the North Shore community while specifically working to improve access to healthy foods for people with low income. Vancouver [ READ MORE ]

2010
12/07

Lillooet Park Community Garden Video

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2010
10/05

Lillooet Park Community Garden – Open for business!

Congrats to all the hard-working volunteers and gardeners who made it happen! Though the summer months were swallowed by construction, the garden is now complete and the new gardeners are beginning to experiment with fall and winter crops[ READ MORE ]

2010
07/21

North Shore Community Garden Society seeking Vice President

The North Shore Community Garden Society (NSCGS) is seeking a volunteer vice president About the NSCGS The purpose of the North Shore Community Garden Society is to oversee the use and management of new community gardens on the North Shore. Our aim is to: • promote a diversity of approaches to sustainable gardening • encourage [ READ MORE ]

2010
07/04

Queen Mary Grand Opening: A Success

The sun came out on Saturday, and we had a very exciting day at Queen Mary.  Mayor Mussatto joined us to help open the garden – AND did a Square Foot Gardening demonstration, Bryony Lake provided some of the best face painting I’ve seen in a long time, musicians ‘Dye Kytary’ provided some excellent tunes, [ READ MORE ]

2010
06/19

Queen Mary Community Garden GRAND OPENING!

Saturday, June 19th! Join the City of North Vancouver and the Queen Mary Community Garden for a unique afternoon celebration to mark the official opening of the City’s Queen Mary Community Garden. This outdoor, family-friendly event includes lots of fun activities such as a scavenger hunt and face painting for the kids, tours of the [ READ MORE ]

2010
06/12

Group Gardening Session

Join us for a Group Gardening Session, Saturday June 12th, 10am-11:30 Come out and get your hands dirty with other gardeners in one of our backyard EGP garden sites on Saturday June 12th (Contact Us for location details).  Come out and harvest our bountiful crops, and help with the weeding to keep our garden looking [ READ MORE ]

2010
05/29

Group Gardening Session

Join us for a Group Gardening Session, Saturday May 29th 10am-11:30 Come out and get your hands dirty with other gardeners in the EGP Demonstration Garden at the Queen Mary Community Garden (W. Keith Road and Mahon). We will be putting in warm season crops, spreading compost and doing LOTS of weeding. No experience necessary [ READ MORE ]

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