Welcome! Spring is here and with it many new food, gardening and permaculture events for friends, family and community.
There are workshops and events for all ages, including an Introduction to Organic Gardening and Permaculture workshop on Sat May 26th, and, new this year, a full Urban Permaculture Design Course. Check out our full schedule here.
Also new this year are Garden Coaching packages, designed to help individuals, as well as schools, daycares and groups with gardening and permaculture projects. We can help you get a garden started, enhance a garden you already have going, and increase your access to healthy food. Our programs page offers info on some of what what we can do with groups, and we're always up for designing new gardens and programs. There are limited packages available, so book early.
We have seed ball kits for sale again this year for those looking for a fun activity to do with a class, at a kid's party or for your own fun. This is our second year with the kits and we'd love feedback from those of you who grew them last year.
People are critical players in the social and garden ecosystems we strive to nurture. A big thank you goes out to the 6000 people who came out to workshops and events last year. There were more of you than ever before (we've counted 17,000 since we started in 2007!) and it feels wonderful to know so many people care. Thank you to the many caring people who spread the word and pitch in to put on the workshops, events and activities.
Stories are an important part of how we share what we know. Here are some recent media and publications:
Check out the Toronto star article from Oct 21. There's also a That Channel web tv interview, recorded last May 13th. Info. Last January's issue of Seeded and Soiled features a piece that explains a little more on why soils are so integral to our education programs. There's also a new bit of the 500 year plan.
"A 500 year plan" (a small excerpt!) was published in Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World in September, 2010. The book is an anthology about how we can live right now in a time of environmental crisis. Also contributing to the book are Paul Hawken, Alice Walker, Diane Ackerman, Barry Lopez with an afterward by Wendell Berry. Order the book here. Earlier in 2010, About Local Food: Four Conversations with Toronto Food Activists by Laurel Waterman was published as well. It features an interview with Jane. About the book.
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Hope to see you in a garden, kitchen or at a your home sometime soon!
Garden Jane is a community-oriented business offering healthy food and garden education and recreation for people of all ages.
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