Garden Workparties

Come on out even if you don’t have a plot! We’ve got lots of work to do and we always try and have a bit of fun! See you there! For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Chidren Program

Would you like your children to learn about how food grows, what bugs look like, and what it’s like just to be in the garden? Please bring your kids along for some fun, learning activities around nature, growing food and arts! It’s every Wednesday from 6-8pm. We’d love to have you out. For more information, please contact Tenzin, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Corn Picking Field Trip

We are going on a fieldtrip to Farintosh Farm to pick Corn! The corn are $2.50 per dozen and there is no entrance fee.

Bring your own lunch and some water. An umbrella/rain jacket in case it rains and a hat and sunscreen if it is sunny.

Registration required! For more information and to book a seat: Call Tenzin at 647-438-0038 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Potluck in the Park

Come and join us for the third potluck of the season! Enjoy the food delights of what HOPE garden has produced for us so far. Cook your favourite meal, bring your own dishes and cutlery, and come on out!

Paper Making Workshop

Come and join Sketch and Greenest City’s Community Artist, Catherine Campbell to make paper.

Create your own decorative paper with recyclable materials. Make your own “Seeded Blessings” paper—to plant in your garden or to give as a gift….

Feel free to bring small things to add to your paper or just come! Materials are provided! All ages are welcome!

Herbal and Medicinal Salve Making Workshop

Come and sip some herbal teas while you learn about how common weeds and herbs in your garden can help you feel good. We will learn about tisanes, tinctures, compresses and make a soothing salve for you to take home.

If you have a small container or jar (250 ml or less) with a wide mouth, please bring it with you to put your salve in.

Registration is required! Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register.

Potluck in the Park

Come join us for the second potluck of the season! Bring your favourite dish to share with your neighbours and friends. We will be joined by the Stonegate community, so let’s show them what Parkdale can cook up! The Youth Green Squad will also be joining us and cooking us a fabulous meal harvested from their garden. Make sure to bring your own non-disposable dishes and cutlery. We will have dishwashing stations, but please wash your own dishes!

Cherry Picking Field Trip

We are going on a fieldtrip to Cherry Avenue Farms to pick cherries! The cherries are $2 per pound and there is a minimum purchase of $4/adult and $2/child (age 6-12).

Bring your own lunch and some water. An umbrella/rain jacket in case it rains and a hat and sunscreen if it is sunny.

Registration required! For more information and to book a seat: Call Tenzin at 647-438-0038 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Deadline for registration: July 8.

Greenest City's AGM and Awards Night

Come celebrate Greenest City's successes and growth as we look back at the year of 2009, and plan for the future ahead. Meet the Board of Directors and the participants of Greenest City. We will also honour our fabulous volunteers at this event.

This event is open to everyone.

If you have any questions, please contact us at 647-438-0038, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Greenest City 2010 Calendar

Presenting … Greenest City’s 2010 calendar!

It’s an annual tradition of ours, and a way for us to share what we’ve accomplished in the year that was.

Featuring beautiful pictures of the people and work of Greenest City, the calendar is a perfect gift for yourself and to your family and friends as we near the holiday season.

The calendar includes all the important Canadian and multicultural holidays, as well as the different lunar phases, daylight saving time days, environmental dates, among other things. The boxes are bigger than last year's, so you can have enough space to fill it out with notes. The design is crisp and simple, and we look forward to hearing what you have to say about it when you hold it.

Some preview shots:

Price

Regular $15.00 Multiple/Discount $10.00

The year 2010 promises a whole lot of new exciting programs and more beautiful stories for Greenest City. Your purchase of this calendar and support will help us continue our work and find new ways into expanding our scope and reaching out to more people.

Our thanks to all the people involved in making this year’s calendar vibrant and full.

Details

The different rates for the calendar are:

$15 – regular price if you plan to buy 1 – 4 calendars

$10 – discount and bulk rate of orders of 5 calendars or more. This is our recession rate for those who may not be able to afford the regular price. Please be aware that if you buy less than 5 calendars at the discounted rate, we will not be able to ship it to your address. At this rate, we will be turning a loss if we pay for the shipping, so please just come and get it from our office. If you buy 5 or more calendars, you will get the bulk rate. You are more than welcome to stick with the regular rate if you want to.

There are 3 ways for you to get a hold of this calendar:

1. Buy it online: if you have a paypal account, or a credit card, you can order your calendar without leaving your seat. Just be sure to fill in the proper mailing address.

Price

Regular $15.00 Multiple/Discount $10.00

2. Get it from our office: Come on down to our office and buy it here. Our address is:

Greenest City

220 Cowan Avenue,

Toronto, ON, M6K 2N6

3. By email or phone (info[at]greenestcity.ca, 647-438-0038): Contact us and we’ll figure out how to get the calendars out of our office and into your hands.

Peace and love for the holidays!

Parkdale Food, Earth and Culture Festival

Come celebrate Parkdale, healthy food and the environment with Greenest City. Featuring a variety of musical performances: Baro Dununba (African drummers), Mario "the Voyce" Murray (hiphop), Tibetan youth cultural performance, among others. We will serve food prepared by local restaurants using local produce from farmers' market. We'll even have a farmers' market for you to buy local produce from!

Other features include: arts + crafts activities, children's games, eco workshop, bike tune-ups and a Shiatsu massage tent.

All of the activities above are free of charge. We only ask a minimum donation of $2 for a plate of our delectable dish. So please join us.

If you would like to volunteer, sponsor, or have any questions, please contact us at 647-438-0038, info[at]greenestcity.ca.

Medicinal Herbs and Salve Making Workshop

Plants have been used as a cure for as long as humans have shared the planet. Come and sip some herbal teas while you learn about how common weeds and herbs in your garden can help you feel good. We will learn about tisanes, tinctures, compresses and make a soothing salve for you to take home.

If you have a small container or jar (250 ml or less) with a wide mouth, please bring it with you to put your salve in.

Please RSVP Marina by emailing marina[at]greenestcity.ca or calling our office at 647-438-0038.

First Garden Potluck of the Year

Our first potluck will be on Wednesday, July 8th! Come to our Wednesday Work Party with your favourite tasty meal. Our potlucks are a real treat, and they are a great way to meet other people and share personal and cultural recipes, and more.

Please bring your own cutlery and dishes if you can if you can, as long as they’re not disposable. If you can’t, we will have some available on the day. Hope to see you then!

Strawberry Field Trip

It’s time for the first field trip of the year…

What: A trip to a strawberry farm! We will be picking strawberries and getting a tour of the farm.

Cost: The bus trip will be FREE but strawberries will cost about $2.50 per pound. You are also welcome to come and pick on behalf of Greenest City.

To come you MUST reserve spots with Marina by emailing marina[at]greenestcity.ca or calling our office at 647-438-0038.

Composting Workshop

We all know that compost is good for our gardens, but how do we make it ourselves? Our very own Abbey Huggan will lead a composting workshop that will teach you the basic do’s and don’ts about organic composting, plus some tricks about how to turn those nasty greens into black gold for the garden. Don’t miss it!

We’d like to know how many will be attending this workshop, so please be sure to RSVP.
Call or email Marina: marina[at]greenestcity.ca

Natural Pest and Disease Management Workshop

Ever wondered how to control pests and diseases naturally in your garden? Come join Robert Weeks (a long term gardener at HOPE) to learn more about how to keep your harvest free from pests and diseases. We’ll start in HOPE garden and move to the kitchen at Masaryk-Cowan CRC to brew up some remedies on the stove.

SPACE IS LIMITED! PLEASE REGISTER by calling or emailing Marina, marina[at]greenestcity.ca

Greenest City AGM & Awards Night

Don’t miss this fun night of awards, prizes, food and fun. This is a historic moment for all of us. Everyone is wanted at our first ever ceremony to give awards to YOU – the friends and people in the community who make Greenest City work!

And at the same time Greenest City’s Annual General Meeting will be held in Parkdale for the first time ever. Come and meet the Board of Directors, and build Greenest City’s future together. By next year we will be offering memberships to all participants, gardeners, volunteers, etc., so that next year you can vote for the Board (or run for the Board).

See you there!

Steering Committee Meeting

Our second steering committee meeting will be taking place next week and we’d like to invite you to be a part of it. We had a very successful and engaging first meeting, and we want to make sure that if you’ve got ideas and suggestions for Greenest City, that you participate in these sessions.

What worked in HOPE garden? What can be improved, what’s missing and what’s great? How can Greenest City reinforce its commitment to engage and empower the people of Parkdale to improve our beloved neighbourhood? We’re all ears.