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 Mar 29th, 2009 No Comments »
We had an exciting kick-off to spring at the H.O.P.E. Community Garden in Parkdale with outdoor nature activities for kids during March Break. Children and parents biked, walked, took the TTC and in one case, drove all the way from Scarborough to join us on the blue tarp at Masaryk Park. We had beautiful spring [...]
Posted in Children & Youth, Community Gardening on Feb 11th, 2009 No Comments »
This is Tamara Green, another gardening education enthusiast, on a site visit at the H.O.P.E. Community Garden. We are currently working together as a Garden Jane Interns & have the exciting opportunity to organize outdoor nature programing for children during March Break. On the day that we toured, the snow covered space challenged us to [...]
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