May 6, 2016 | EGP Blog, Grow a Row Share a Row, Sharing Gardens, Sharing the Bounty
Leslie! On May 4th the City of North Vancouver hosted its annual celebration for the City’s Youth Awards. “The Civic Youth Awards Program recognizes youth between the ages of 10-24 years for noteworthy achievements and contributions to the...
Dec 15, 2015 | EGP Blog, Sharing Gardens, Sharing the Bounty, The Food Hub
Sometimes asking a lot of questions feels like wandering. I love those questions that don’t have immediate answers. Or when you are deep in a questioning mood and the answers that seem so certain at first, shift in new light. Sometimes my questions loop around...
Nov 27, 2015 | EGP Blog, Sharing Backyards, Sharing Gardens, Sharing the Bounty, The Food Hub
Goodbye to the Sailview Sharing Garden Every garden space has its own special quality: for the Sailview Sharing Garden, I think of protector crows that dive-bombed me one harvest morning when I was there without the volunteer crew, I think of massive...
Sep 4, 2015 | EGP Blog, Sharing the Bounty
Well, this is my last blog post of the summer. The past two months have been an amazing experience for me; all the staff and volunteers at the EGP made me feel so welcome and I’m sad to be leaving so soon. I could stay forever! I have had the privilege of learning how...
Jul 28, 2015 | Grow a Row Share a Row, Sharing the Bounty
This week I was on my own working in the gardens and in the office, but I still managed to learn plenty of new gardening tips! One was from Jill, the school garden coordinator. As you probably already know, the three main nutrients for healthy plant growth are...
Jul 8, 2015 | EGP Blog, Sharing Gardens, Sharing the Bounty
Meet Kasha, the new summer intern and follow her adventures with the EGP this summer here on the EGP blog: My name is Kasha and I am a student at UBC studying sustainable agriculture. My degree is a combination of my passion for the environment and my love of...