We expanded the Community Garden this year thanks to the City of Calgary Neighbourhood Grant, which along with fundraisers such as the plant sale and Westcoast seed sale, provided the funding for six new metal garden beds from Raised Garden Beds Canada. Dave and Lynda were instrumental in the ordering and assembly of the beds.
We now have 20 beds in our community garden to rent out. We were also able to provide space for gardening opportunities for children from BrightPath, Learning Tree, and St. Stephen school. Thank you to Rose, Will, and Oliver for establishing a bed for rescued native plants in partnership with the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society. A special shout out to Melanie for planting the elbow planters and watering, as well as Jeff for volunteering to help water them.
Our wrap up event of the season will be the Apple Festival on September 14 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. If you have trees with surplus fruit, please bring it to share, we will share our harvests and taste test the many different varieties of local apples and other fall fruit. Any extra will be donated to food rescue organizations. For more information about the Apple Festival or the Southwood Community Gardens, contact Teresa by email at [email protected].
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