Category Archives: InGarden

Keep 2m apart

Physical Distancing in the Garden

Our community garden continues to operate under Toronto Public Health guidelines designed to safeguard our volunteers and reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our neighbourhood. We ask visitors to the…

Jute Trellis

Generous Donation from TWISTYER to Support Vining Crops

You may have noticed a lot more vertical growing going on in 2021 in the garden. This is due to a generous donation from Bill Divitcoff of TWISTYER Products Inc,…

Painted stones and plant markers Spring 2021

Can You Spot the Art?

Our volunteers will be hard at work in May, weeding and preparing beds to start the cycle of food production for the vulnerable families we support. Hopefully, lockdown will end…

Volunteer holding empty basket

Remote Volunteering Opportunities

We have some remote volunteer opportunities available.  Due to physical distancing and hygiene requirements, we will not be tracking or signing off on any community service hours this year.   REMOTE:  Arts and…

PNG in the Fall after Weeding

Ready for Winter

Our small band of volunteers have gone into overdrive to get the garden ready for winter this year. Many thanks to our intrepid team of masked and gloved Fall cleanup…

Food for Butterflies

These monarch butterflies were rescued and fed on milkweed from our garden, They were released back into the wild in September 2020 and should be able to make it back…

Basket of patty pan squash

August Garden Update

Here’s a quick look at what has been happening in the garden in August 2020, and what the rest of the season may bring. The City of Toronto has comprehensive rules…

Fedges donated by TreeMobile

New Fedges from TreeMobile

What’s a Fedge you ask? Why, a Food Hedge of course! Thank you TreeMobile https://www.transitiontreemobile.org for their generous donation which includes asparagus, grape vines, an elderberry kent, raspberries and gooseberries!

Strawberries starting to form

Seedlings and Perennials: Late Spring Update

 Spring has well and truly sprung despite uneven temperatures and precipitation, and who can forget that late April snow!! A small cadre of physically distanced volunteers have mostly finished planting…

Thank You Team PNG!

Thank you for a great season! 2019 has been a fantastic year for Parkview Neighbourhood Garden. Starting in January, a group of interested volunteers started meeting at North York Public…