Facebook Posts
Interested in Becoming a Master Gardener?![]()
![]()
Attend one of our upcoming info sessions. Registration required.![]()
![]()
Tuesday October 26, 7-8pm![]()
Registration Link: ow.ly/yeD450GsBWk![]()
![]()
Saturday October 30, 10-11am![]()
Registration Link: ow.ly/4CN550GsBWl
Interested in Becoming a Master Gardener?![]()
![]()
Attend one of our upcoming info sessions. Registration required.![]()
![]()
Tuesday October 26, 7-8pm![]()
Registration Link: ow.ly/ZmM850GsBUf![]()
![]()
Saturday October 30, 10-11am![]()
Registration Link: ow.ly/POkl50GsBVV
extension.unh.edu
As gardeners, we’re already well trained to look for signs of disease, weeds, root health, and pests when buying, selling, or swapping plants. This diligence gives us confidence that as we bring new...
Continuing on the theme of food sovereignty and access to growing space... ![]()
![]()
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-anishinabe-chef-is-advocating-for-indigenous-food-...
Anishinabe chef is advocating for Indigenous food sovereignty with urban farm
www.theglobeandmail.com
Anishinabe chef is wrapping up his first harvest at his new urban farm in Toronto, using traditional harvesting methods passed down from generation to generation
Attention art enthusiasts/collectors! The Wildlife Preservation Fund is holding an online fundraising auction for "an original acrylic artwork titled ‘Bumble Bee I’. This one-of-a-kind artwork is inspired by the yellow-banded bumble bee, a once plentiful pollinator in Canada, but now on the decline. Myriam (Rousseau) created this piece in the hopes that proceeds will be used towards conservation programs for species at risk like our native pollinators."![]()
![]()
wildlifepreservation.ca/conservation-on-canvas/
Conservation on Canvas | Wildlife Preservation Canada
wildlifepreservation.ca
Conservation on Canvas - Online Art Auction Conservation on Canvas is a fundraising campaign in partnership between WPC and Montreal wildlife artist Myriam Rousseau. For the month of October, we will ...
Reminder - Our next FREE Garden Chat is this Wednesday! There's still time to register!![]()
![]()
How to Plant a Tree for Life![]()
October 13, 12:00-12:30pm![]()
![]()
Registration link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc-CtrDwoGtHdMFkg8XMo50lDcJJytkDf
us06web.zoom.us
Part of the Toronto Master Gardeners Lunch and Learn Series
Fall is a great time to start creating habitat in your gardens for stem-nesting bees. Check out this wonderful diagram by Heather Holm (Bee and Pollinator Books by Heather Holm), Elaine Evans and Colleen Satyshur (University of MN Bee Lab), and Sarah Foltz-Jordan (The Xerces Society) to help get you started! ![]()
![]()
For a full sized PDF of this diagram visit: bit.ly/3lEtx0D
It may be tempting to transport leaves from your city garden to your cottage garden or vice versa but resist the temptation. Transporting leaves from one location to another may also transport a disease or pest that exists in one location but not in another.
If you’re decorating your outside spaces and gardens this Halloween, please consider the impacts to local wildlife. Avoid using materials that can trap or tangle birds and other animals.Reminder from Ontario Owls
Access to growing space is such a vital part of this initiative.
Toronto adopts plan to create Black food sovereignty, first of its kind in North America
www.thestar.com
The five-year plan aims to provide food security by funding Black-led food programs to cultivate independence, control and access to healthy food for ...