Posted in Children & Youth on Aug 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Last week with the Children’s Garden and Exploring Toronto Programs was all about seeds as we spouted in jars and egg carton cups, scavenged for seeds in the garden and shook our seed shakers. Ruth Heller’s book The Reason for a Flower was certainly a helpful tool with the colorful illustrations to guide us through [...]
Posted in Children & Youth on Aug 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Since returning to work I have been loading up my bicycle with supplies and heading to different City of Toronto community centers to deliver garden/nature activities to camp children. Together we’ve been mixing seedballs and compost tea, sprouting snacks, learning about red wigglers, transforming into butterflies, playing fancy flower bingo and carefully observing pollinators at [...]
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