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plant spot

Posted in Children & Youth, Horticultural Therapy on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »

A fun planter design.  Decorating planters can make for a creative horticultural therapy activity.

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brooms away

Posted in Natural Gardening & Eco-Restoration, Children & Youth, Horticultural Therapy on Dec 5th, 2007 No Comments »

I was asked at a workshop what I liked most about November and I automatically responded by saying I did NOT like November. I am not really sure what I meant by this reaction because in truth, I did not know November very well. That was before I took Tanzie our dog for […]

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earth dumplings

Posted in Natural Gardening & Eco-Restoration, Community Gardening, Children & Youth, Farming, Food Security & Activism on Dec 3rd, 2007 No Comments »

I’ve been hearing a lot of interest in seed balls lately and wanted to post some information on my blog. I was first introduced to the neat concept at an introductory workshop on permaculture offered by Garden Jane. During the summer I was fortunate to have the first-hand opportunity to view people of […]

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I lift my gaze

Posted in Natural Gardening & Eco-Restoration, Children & Youth on Sep 27th, 2007 1 Comment »

After a summer spent constantly looking down in naturalized areas and seeing Dog Strangling Vine everywhere, I think I may have forgotten to lift my gaze to the trees. A new orientation came from attending the recent Tree Tenders Training in arboriculture offered by the grassroots non-profit organization LEAF, a group focused on the […]

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Eco Camp farewell

Posted in Children & Youth on Aug 15th, 2007 No Comments »

Yesterday was my final Tuesday afternoon volunteering with the Eco Camp at the High Park Children’s Garden. This year’s programming involved six week long sessions, starting in July, with a focus on connecting kids (age 6-10) with nature and teaching them about organic gardening. My involvement included helping out with the rotating […]

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the pleasure of watering

Posted in Children & Youth on Jul 5th, 2007 No Comments »

A view of the garden
I spent the morning volunteering in the Children’s Garden at High Park with the weekly garden drop-in program for families. It is a community garden that has open access and consists of a number of raised beds, shaped into A, B & C, built directly on-top of what used to […]

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