Community Garden Archives - Garden Therapy Better Living Through Plants Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:30:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://gardentherapy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-flower-32x32.png Community Garden Archives - Garden Therapy 32 32 How to Make a Little Seed Library in Your Community https://gardentherapy.ca/seed-library/ https://gardentherapy.ca/seed-library/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=44991 The love of gardening begins with a seed. Through a seed library, you can encourage others in your ... Read More

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Start a Gardening Club to Find Community and Connection https://gardentherapy.ca/gardening-clubs/ https://gardentherapy.ca/gardening-clubs/#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=55048 Gardening is often seen as a solitary activity, but there’s also an incredible community to be found among ... Read More

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Why Don’t Cities Plant Fruit Trees? The Call for Urban Orchards https://gardentherapy.ca/urban-orchards/ https://gardentherapy.ca/urban-orchards/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=53442 Have you ever noticed that most streets are tall, mighty oaks, maples, spruce, and pine? Very few fruit ... Read More

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Community Ideas for Improving Food Security https://gardentherapy.ca/improving-food-security/ https://gardentherapy.ca/improving-food-security/#comments Mon, 01 May 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=51525 Accessing fresh fruit and vegetables is much harder and more expensive than it used to be. So how ... Read More

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Build a Bee House for Solitary Bees https://gardentherapy.ca/build-a-bee-house-for-solitary-bees/ https://gardentherapy.ca/build-a-bee-house-for-solitary-bees/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=46929 Have you heard about that new house that went up down the road? It’s wooden, packed full of ... Read More

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Spread the Flower Love With an Urban Flower Farm Stand https://gardentherapy.ca/urban-flower-farm-stand/ https://gardentherapy.ca/urban-flower-farm-stand/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=46900 Cut flowers have a way of making people smile. Build an urban flower farm stand to sell or ... Read More

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The Many Joys of Fostering a Gardening Community https://gardentherapy.ca/gardening-community/ https://gardentherapy.ca/gardening-community/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:30:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=44880 As a gardener, it’s easy to get lost in the wild wilderness of our own backyard. But beyond ... Read More

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Harvesting Community Garden Roots https://gardentherapy.ca/community-garden-roots/ https://gardentherapy.ca/community-garden-roots/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:45:23 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=2514 This week we thawed out from that crazy November snowfall and I jumped at the window of opportunity to dig ... Read More

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The Rise Again of the Fallen Apples https://gardentherapy.ca/fallen-applesauce/ https://gardentherapy.ca/fallen-applesauce/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:56:55 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=235 At my community garden, there is an organic heritage orchard with a number of large apple, pear, quince, ... Read More

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