Ms. Chu’s Grade 2 Class from McKee Public School : Super Volunteers!
A group of grade 2 students from McKee Public School have volunteered at PNG for the past two months. They started in the garden on earth day and took away 3…
In the Garden: Beautiful Blooms June 12, 2015
Beautiful pics of what’s blooming in the garden! Our wonderful selection of herbs: Promises of wonderful fruit to come! Almost ready to harvest! We have flowers too! Other things in…
In the Garden: Rock On! June 5, 2015
Just rocking along… More painted rocks for our Children’s Hand Garden!
In the Garden: May 29 to May 31, 2015
We’ve been very busy this past weekend planting away! Thanks so much to all of our volunteers for helping out! Anyone is welcome to join us at any of our…
In the Garden: May 23 to May 24, 2015 Doors Open
It was a lovely weekend in the garden with the sun shining and lots of planting activity. Our neighbours at John McKenzie House participated in Toronto’s annual Doors Open event,…
Working in the Garden from May 16 – May 22, 2015
We have had a very busy week in the garden. McKee EcoKids have planted peas and volunteers have planted everything from parsley to kale! There is still more planting to…
Compost Arrival May 9, 2015
Compost arrived this week, so several volunteers spent Saturday morning shoveling compost into wheelbarrows and dumping it onto garden beds. The rest of the volunteers continued with the weeding. There’s…
Harvesting Compost May 2, 2015
Green plus brown plus heat plus moisture = compost We start with organic matter such as vegetable and fruit peels, leaves and stems. We add fallen leaves and a handful…
Soil Preparation May 2, 2015
The first event of the growing season was held on Saturday, May 2 – soil preparation. Although we didn’t get compost delivered during the week by the City as we…
PNG Visit to Gibson House March 7, 2015
18 members of PNG met with two interpreters from Gibson House on March 7, 2015. We started in the kitchen where we chopped and mixed to make soda bread baked…
