Category Archives: Planting

PNG in Late Fall

2021 Season Recap

        Parkview Neighbourhood Garden’s 2021 season is coming to an end.  Working under COVID restrictions for a second year, a small band of volunteers planted, watered. weeded…

Cabbage

Summer 2021 Harvest Update

   Some strange weather this year has meant some items are growing well, and others are getting a slow start. Already Harvested Asparagus Rhubarb Strawberries Garlic Potatoes Kohlrabi Snow peas Currants…

Collection of food being donated

That’s a Lot of Food!

Mid-August and we have already donated 320 pounds of food to our two recipient community groups: Willowdale Neighbourlink, who distributes the produce in their food boxes to families in our…

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…

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…

Group Work Makes Short Work of Garden Work

2019, more than any of our previous years, was most definitely the Year of the Group. We had more teams working in the garden, transforming more of our spaces, than…

Example of Sign for Perennial Planting

New Signs to Guide Your Visit

Have you noticed our new signs this fall? Thanks to a generous grant from the bursary program of the Landscape Ontario Toronto Chapter, we brought in a number of soil…