Growing Plants in the Classroom
Growing Plants in the Classroom The next school semester is weeks away (at press) and as an educator you can’t help but wonder what new and exciting things to introduce to your students in the year ahead. You may have explored a gardening project on your school grounds (such as these) but you’re hoping to […]
Barriers to Food Security in Canada
Barriers to Food Security in Canada and How You Can Help Despite a growing number of efforts being launched in the fight against food insecurity, it remains a significant issue across Canada. The statistics are actually quite mind-blowing and heartbreaking. Recent data shows that 6.9 million people across the ten provinces, including nearly 1.8 million […]
Benefits of Having a Community Garden in Your Neighbourhood
Benefits of Having a Community Garden…as Your Neighbour Do you own the empty plot of land beside your home? If so, have you been considering uses for it? Sure, you could build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and charge rent, but you don’t really want the hassle of being a landlord, nor do you want […]
How to Bring the Ocean Into Your Garden
How to Bring the Ocean Into Your Garden Admittedly, the title of this article sounds a little destructive, inciting visions of a coastal wave blanketing a garden and uprooting its crops. That’s not what we’re talking about today. Instead, we want to honor the arrival of World Oceans Day (June 8) with a look at […]
How to Save a Community Garden
How to Save a Community Garden from Development There are a number of lots throughout Canada that have been used to grow community gardens for many years. Some have been designated as temporary, others have been considered semi-permanent. But as urban densification expands, these gardening spaces are threatened by new development. It’s a downer for […]
Community Garden Board of Directors of Kids
Community Garden Board of Directors…of Kids In Canada’s guide for how to start a community garden, the first step is to organize a committee. This committee is generally comprised of passionate people who bring special talents and resources to the table. This group may include horticulturalists, florists, landscapers, nutritionists, and carpenters and may even tap […]
Celebrating Earth Day 2023 | Live Stream Event
Celebrating Earth Day 2023 | Live Stream Events Will you join us and the other 1 billion+ global citizens in honoring this special event? In anticipation of the Earth Day 2023 the Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation is proud to bring back (by popular demand) a live-stream storytelling and planting demonstration event […]
How to Make Your Community/School Garden Even More Inclusive
How to Make Your Community/School Garden Even More Inclusive In past posts we have talked about how to make your community garden inclusive by improving accessibility. Community gardens are innately welcoming to any positive people from the neighborhood and adjacent communities who want to get involved. That being said, there is more that can be […]
Gardening for Childhood Autism
How Gardening Can Help Manage Childhood Autism World Autism Awareness Day is on April 2. The United Nations international day of recognition is defined as such: “The United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day to highlight the need to help improve the quality of life of those with autism […]
Gardening in the City
Gardening…in the Heart of the Big City Have a look at the featured image above. For most people, the last thing to come to mind is gardening. However, thousands of family households across Canada live in high-rise condos within the heart of their respective big cities. And within those households are a large number of […]