Peterborough Community Garden Network

"Cultivating Resilient & Vibrant Communities One Garden At A Time"

Monday, May 7, 2012

May 2012 Newsletter

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Peterborough Community Garden Network

Purpose: "To Foster Community Gardens Through Education, Advocacy, and Networking to increase access to local sustainable food"

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By Email -pcgn@greenup.on.ca

By Phone - 705-745-3238 ex.204
Stop In: Peterborough Green-Up at 378 Aylmer St. N

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Peterborough Community Gardens

Ecology Park Demonstration Food Garden
Lift Lock Community Garden
Prince of Wales Public School
Robinson Place Community Garden - MNR
Sadlier House Heritage Garden
Trent University Roof-Top Garden & One-Acre Vegetable Garden
Sir Sandford College Community Garden (Lindsay)
Tinker Community Garden
St. Stephen's Community Garden
Rogers' St. Community Garden
North Minister Church
Millbrook Community Garden
Mark St. United Church
Centennial Cresent Community Garden
Bonaccord Garden
Ashburnham Permaculture Landscape
Ashburnham Allottment Gardens
Armour Rd. Community Garden
YWCA Community Gardens

Jill Bishop - Coordinator

An avid gardener throughout her whole life, Jill has always loved getting out into gardens and helping others do the same. She firmly believes that 'gardens are communities in them selves, and an integral part of larger communities', and feels very lucky to be working with the PCGN.
Jill is also the owner of an heirloom seed business (urbantomato) that works to preserve many varieties of unique vegetables & teaches others to do the same.

Marcy Adzich, Community Garden Animator

Marcy is delighted to work with the PCGN, contributing experience and energy towards empowering communities through gardening. Having travelled and grown many things over 15 years in Oregon, BC and now, Ontario, Marcy loves the way that gardening brings out the best in everyone, and when we grow things together, we see the meaningful connection we have to one another and Mother Earth. Marcy operates Fox Hollow Wild Edibles, growing a unique variety of veggies and forages local wild mushrooms and other culinary delights.

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Home
Factsheets
Community Garden Applications & Forms
City of Peterborough Community Garden Policy
PCGN Overview

How to Garden Videos

How to Plant Garlic
Putting Your Garden To Bed
Container Gardening
How to Save Pepper Seeds

Funding Sources for Community Gardens

TD Friends of the Environment
Whole Foods- School Garden Grants
Sustainability Network Diversity Mini Grants
Edible Trees Grant
Green Apple Grant
Gardens for Good
Peterborough Horticultural Society Grants
Community Impact Grants - Home Depot
Project Orange Thumb
Community Environment Fund
Evergreen
City of Peterborough Community Grants
Home Depot Community Grant
Lowe's Toolbox for Education - School Gardens

Growing Food

Fool Proof Gardening- Container Gardening Videos
USDA Growing Food Webinar Series
Seed Savers Exchange Webinars
Growing Abundant Vegetables - Free e-book
Food Project Manuals
Raised Bed Growing Guide
Building a Hoop House
Storing crops over winter
FoodShare Organic Gardening Manual
Territorial Seed - Great instructional videos
Ptbo Green-Up - links to gardening fact sheets
Ptbo Horticultural Society - Local Gardening Advice
Farm Folk, City Folk
Foodshare Toronto Gardening Advice

Accessing Fresh Local Food In Peterborough

Nourish
Peterborough Farmers' Market (sat,)
Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market
Peterborough Gleaning Program
Collective Kitchens Peterborough
Our Space
Nourish Peterborough
By the Bushel
Food Not Bombs Peterborough
Food In Peterborough
Just Food Food Box Program

Eating & Preserving Your Harvest

My own private kitchen
Factsheets
Root Cellars Rock
Belle Jar Canning
Canning Homemade
Snowflake Kitchen
Tigress in a Pickle
Punk Domestics
Farm to Table Catering (Local)

Growing Community Gardens & Groups

Community Garden Resources
TCGN Soil Assessment Guide
Vancouver - CG Resources
ACGA- 10 Steps to Starting a Community Garden
Building Community Gardens - HalifaxCGN
Starting a Community Garden - ACGA
Toronto Public Housing Community Garden Manual
U of Missouri Community Garden Toolkit
Portland Communitiy Garden Toolkit
Tips on Starting a Faith Based Garden

Inspirational Gardens around the world

Jaden Tap Tap - Haiti
Growing Home Community Garden
Seeds to Feed Rooftop Farm
Abbey Gardens
Sloan St. Community Garden
Huron Hospital Garden - Cleveland OH
Gilder Drive - Scarborough
Gardens with Toronto Public Housing
Vallejo People's Garden
Inspirational Community Garden Leaders
Phoenix Community Garden- NYC
South Central Farmers
Fort Calgary
Earth Works urban farm
Conneticut Community Gardens
Hope Community Garden - Parkdale Toronto

Other Community Garden Networks

North Carolina Community Gardens
Phat Beets- Oakland
Montgomery Victory Gardens
Neighbourhood Farm Association
Grow New York City
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
American Community Garden Association
Toronto Community Garden Network
Waterloo
Durham CGN
Okagnagon CGN
Hamilton CGN
Ottawa CGN
Edmonton CGN

Urban Agriculture

Landshare
City Fresh
Urban Farm Today
Urban Ag TV
Growing Power
Food from the Sky - UK
The People's Garden
Dig It- A Practical Tool Guide
Growing Opportunities- Evergreen
Seeding the City - Land-Use Policies to Promote Urban Ag.
OMAFRA Urban Ag & Community Gardens
D-Town Detroit Urban Farm
Oregon Food in the City
Detroit Agriculture Network
Evergreen
Greenest City
Urban Farming
Farming in the City- Agriculture
City Farmer
Urban Gardens

Garden Programs for Youth

Janus
Growing Power
Gardening the Community
Denver Urban Gardens
GRUB Youth Programs
East New York Farms
Seattle Youth Garden Works

Podcasts

Earth eats
How to Collect a Soil Sample
Springfield Community Garden Project
Melina Myers - Veg & Herbs
Pod Bean -Series of Growing and Community Garden Related Podcasts
Heritage Radio Network - Many food shows
Edible Communities

Themes of the PCGN

a) Growing Kids & Youth:

Develop resources and support structures to provide children and youth opportunities to gain gardening and food related skills as well as the knowledge and opportunity to participate in the production and consumption of locally produced healthy food.

b) Growing Neighbourhoods:

Focus on providing residents opportunities to learn gardening and food related skills and increase access to additional space within neighbourhoods.

c) Growing Food Security:

Through the opportunity to grow some of their own food or by accessing locally grown food through supporting organizations, individual and community food insecurity can be addressed.

PCGN in the Media

MNR Earth Day Event
Archived News
Parks Canada News Release
Lift Lock Grand Opening

What We're Reading & Watching

Community Gardens: A Tool for Community Building
Dig It! How local governments can support community gardens
Seeding the City - Land-Use Policies to Promote Urban Agriculture
Growing Opportunties - Social Services Guide to Garden Programming
Community Garden Toolkit - University of Missouri
ACGA Resource List
Gardeners Sharing Knowledge video series
Building Community from the Inside Out
Food not Lawns
Eliot Coleman
Education of an Urban Farmer
Mapping Local Communities
Mobilizing Community Skills
Vital Communities

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