Sandy Hill Community Garden Update 2013

After a somewhat extended hiatus from blogging we decided an update was in order!

Although we had a late start to the garden this year,  we are happy to report its up and running.  Gardeners hit the ground running in mid- to late- June shared seeds, and seedlings and have had success in generating some healthy plants.  A big thanks to Greta's Organic Gardens (http://www.seeds-organic.com/) for supplying us with about 30 seedlings that have been planted in our communal plot and distributed amongst the gardeners.  The seedlings were hearty and have been flourishing! 

Also, we've had a change over in garden coordinators.  Our new coordinators are Ann Balasubramaniam and Shehzad K. Ghani.  If you need to reach them please email us at: sandyhillcommunitygarden@gmail.com

9 Sept. 2010 food donation to Youville Centre

Food harvested for the Youville Centre, clockwise from top left, raspberries, mint, basil (purple and green), sage, chives, beans, arugula, green pepper, tomatoes.

New Library & AGM approaching fast -- Wed. Apr. 14

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Wed. Apr. 14, 2010.

In advance of the big night, which begins at 6:30 p.m., you might want to take a gander at some of these fine examples of gardening literature from the SHCG:

Book covers 1

Book covers 2

These books belong to our community garden, please (if you have a plot in the garden) let us know if you would like to borrow a book or two; it will be set up like our very own little library system with a two week borrowing time.

See you next Wednesday, April 14th at the AGM!

Oh, one last thing, there are fantastic Garden Guides (filled with lots of gardening tips and information) available on the Just Food website:

Available in English and French.

Seed Saving Workshop coming up!

SEED SAVING WORKSHOP
with Greta Kryger
Brought to you by Just Food &
Greta’s Organic Gardens

Wed., August 25th
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

JUST FOOD Office
280 Metcalfe Street,
5th Floor Boardroom
Ottawa

To reserve your spot, please contact Terri at
613-236-9300 x309 or
e-mail communitygardening@justfood.ca

Cost of Workshop is $5.00 or Pay What You Can
(FREE for Community Garden Members)

For other workshop topics, please visit http://www.justfood.ca/

Photos of the garden - one month into planting season!

Herb delivery and workshop announcement!

To the members of the Sandy Hill Community Garden:

Reminder that our herb seedlings are being delivered next week, coinciding with a workshop on herb care given by Gerry from The Herb Garden.

Date of delivery and talk: Thursday, June 11th
Time: starts at 7pm
Information talk: lasts about 1 hour
Location: Common Room at Co-op Voisins, 440 Wiggins Private – (6-story apt. bldg at corner of Wiggins Private and Chapel)

Come by to pick up your seedlings and to hear some helpful tips on how to keep them happy and healthy!

Help needed Thurs. May 28 for planting of raspberry bushes

Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28th, members of the Sandy Hill Community Garden will be planting close to 300 raspberry bushes along the outer edge of our garden plots.

Which means we have 300 holes we need to dig. It is a lot of work, but hopefully everyone can come out and help. Come one, come all, many hands lighten the load.