Neighbourhood Garden Party

Sunnyside Community Garden
on MacDonnell at Brock
invites you to our

Neighbourhood Garden Party
Saturday, June 18, 10 am until 2 pm
(Rain Date Sat., June 25)

Tour the Garden, Share a Meal, and Meet Your Neighbours

FREE
Gardening Workshops for Adults and Kids
Sausages, Hot Dogs and Tofu Burgers
Live Music
Kids’ Games

Schedule
10:00 – Tour the Garden
10:30 until 12:00 – Music with Trevor Strong and Brian Flynn
10:30 – Potato Sack Race (kids)
11:00 – Square-Foot Gardening Workshop
with Wes Garrod of WillGrow Gardens
11:45 – Pick Your Own Salad (kids)
12:00 – BBQ and Potluck Lunch
Bring food to share and your own plate, cup and cutlery
12:00 until 1:30 – Music with The Bob Robertson Trio
12:30 – Newspaper Origami Compost Liners and Plant Your Own Bean (kids)
1:00 – Garlic Growing and Natural Pest Control Workshop
with Tim Lyon of Main St. Market
Bring a plastic squirt bottle to fill with natural pest control potion
1:30 – Water-Balloon Contest (kids and adults)

Upcoming events

We will be having our first meeting of 2009 on Sunday, March 29th 2-4pm. This will be at 489 Victoria Street. We will meet new members, discuss spring gardening issues and discuss funding. If you have any other agenda items, please email the listserve at: sunnyside@lists.riseup.net.

Also, please check the calendar above for all the upcoming events in March. If there are other events to post, please let Joey Bray know at: joeybray@sympatico.ca.

UK update

When it rains it pours dirt and mulch. 7yds dirt, 2yds mulch coming soon to the garden courtesy of UK. I think that some trees also came down today, though I haven't been by. We will have a bunch of work to do moving piles around and prepping and planting the beds in front. Yael has made a great plan for the Brock St beds that our group is responsible for maintaining.

The sign is just dandy, but the design can't be distributed on our listserv due to it's size. True, it features a large UK sunshine/energy logo, but it looks pretty good, explains the garden and is built to last. Coming soon, hopefully, to the Macdonnell side. (email me and I'll send you the .pdf)

I went by the garden this AM. Thanks to whoever has moved all that dirt around - awesome! If the extra dirt comes today as expected, there will still be lots to do Saturday morning, so please come if you can. I'll post something tonight if the dirt DOESN'T come.

Otherwise, bring a shovel and some newspaper, and we'll make two lasagne beds on Brock Street (paper to suppress weeds, then 4"dirt, then mulch). We will then relocate the extra dirt (there's a lot) somewhere discreet for our future garden plots.

Finally, does someone want to make a sign for the Martha's table bed, and one for the Communal bed. We should explain to passersby the function of both beds, and invite people to pick from the communal bed.

Mike

Rideau Public School Funfair

Hi everyone: Rideau Public School will be having a Funfair this Saturday, May 31st from 10am to 2pm. There is lots of stuff to do for kids-air castle, magician, make a garden stone, face painting, dunk tank. Also, there is a BBQ and snack table (with samosas if you come early enough). And a silent auction with lots of good stuff.

All are invited.

Rupa

Workshop at Mulberry School, "Food For Thought", Saturday May 3rd

"Food For Thought: Cultivating Thought on the Food We Eat".
Saturday May 3rd, 9:30 am-3 pm.

Starts with guest speaker Janette Haase, followed by workshops. Choose 2 of 5: "Eating in a Northern Climate", "Bread Making", "Soulful Eating", Stenciling", and "The 10000 Mile Diet".

$20 in advance, $25 at the door. Childcare available for $15/child. Call Mulberry School for more info, 613 542-0669.

Wolfe Island's Seedy Saturday, Saturday May 3rd

Wolfe Island’s Seedy Saturday: Community Seed, Plant and Tree Swap Event
Saturday, May 03, 11-3pm
Wolfe island Community Hall, Marysville, Wolfe Island.

Home gardeners, seed savers, farmers, neighbours, and folks from Kingston and area are invited to come together to share, trade, and purchase locally grown seeds and plants while sharing stories and knowledge. There will be a seed & plant swap (don't forget to bring your seeds or plants!), seeds and plants for sale, workshops, live entertainment, a puppet show and a kid's corner. And of course some local snacks for nibbling. Everyone is invited to learn about and contribute to our local seed and food heritage.

The event will highlight local foods and seeds, and provide an opportunity for community building between Kingston and the rural community.

For information please call Nicole Clark at (613)385-2641.

Workshop: "Organic Vegetable Growing for the Small Home Garden", Saturday April 26th

ORGANIC VEGETABLE GROWING FOR THE SMALL HOME GARDEN

An afternoon workshop with Janette Haase

Learn the basics of how to grow a productive and efficient garden in a small space
Saturday, April 26th from 1-5 pm. Cost $30. Kingston location TBA.

Contact Janette Haase @ 613-376-9849 or janettehaase@gmail.com

Workshop: Growing Neighbourhoods, Tuesday April 22nd

Growing Neighbourhoods
How community gardening can strengthen the place you live

More and more people are choosing to grow their own food with
others by creating a local community garden. It’s a way for them
to meet their neighbours, have fun and do something good for the
planet. At this free workshop, three speakers will outline the joys,
challenges and benefits of community gardening – and perhaps
inspire you to do it, too!

• Hilary Davies
Former co-coordinator of Food Down the Road
• Jeanette Haase
Sydenham organic gardener, author
• Carone Beaucage
FRILL Community Garden

April 22, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Kingston Public Library, Delahaye Room
130 Johnson St.

For more information, please contact andrea.wilmot@spckingston.ca