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July 30, 2013 Garden Activities

7/29/2013

7-8pm
Garden member Inga Darcy will tell us more about “permaculture”. She will show us how we can plant and practice gardening with optimal natural sustainability!
All are welcome.

Additional activities on Tuesday July 30th include:

6-7pm
Bring your picnic and lets eat together.

7-8pm
For kids, we will be making whimsical garden signs. Volunteers welcome.

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Garden Events for Week of July 21 - 27, 2013

7/21/2013

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This week we're hosting a number of great activities at the Garden!

A big thanks to everyone for bringing their beautiful energy to the Garden.

Tuesday, July 23, 6 - 7 pm
Bring your dinner" picnic
Bring your dinner and picnic together.

Tuesday, July 23, 7 - 8 pm
Taking Pictures with Patrick
Patrick Nantel, our Brewer Park Community Garden member will share his creative passion with us, nature photography!

Please bring your camera and have fun taking pictures in the garden together.

Tuesday, July 23, 7 - 8 pm
Create Whimsical Garden Signs
For kids we are creating whimsical garden signs. Bring your hammers. Materials provided.

Wednesday, July 24, 7:00 pm
Yoga in the garden.
We need to have 13 people buy 4 yoga classes ($10 each) by Tuesday night next week (July 23rd) or else the class will be canceled.

If those interested could let us know and find friends to come along, that would be great.

People must drop a cheque of $40 made to the order of Elizabeth Whissell at the garden’s address: 157 Hopewell ave before Tuesday night. If class is canceled, cheques will be destroyed or given back to issuers.

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Learning About Square Foot Gardening

7/7/2013

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Introduction to Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!

A workshop with Linda Burr

Tuesday July 9, 2013 7:00pm-8:00pm

Square foot gardening is an ingenious planting method based on using square foot blocks of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners also build up, using trellises. The method is very efficient and requires less thinning, less weeding, and less watering. Popularized by Mel Bartholomew, his method quickly received worldwide recognition and has been written up in every major newspaper and gardening magazine. His book, Square Foot Gardening, has sold over 2 million copies.

Linda Burr is a garden member who is currently using this method in her garden plot. She will explain and demonstrate some of the techniques involved.

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Biodome Garden Receives Innovators Award

7/6/2013

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The Brewer Park Community Garden is pleased to announce that our Biodome Garden project received an "Innovators Award" at the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Innovation Forum.

The "Healthy Eating Active Living Champion" Award was presented to Michael Oster on behalf of the Brewer Park Community Garden for their support in the development of a Biodome Garden, showing it is possible to extend the growing season while highlighting issues related to healthy eating and secure natural food production.

Councillor Diane Holmes, Chair of the Board of Health, welcomed over 130 residents to the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Innovation Forum on June 18th at the Ron Kolbus-Lakeside Gardens Centre.

“Improving healthy eating and active living in Ottawa – through improved active transportation, better access to healthy foods and more supportive environments to help make the healthy choice the easy choice – has been a significant priority for the Board of Health over the course of our term.,” said Councillor Holmes. “By bringing together various levels of government, grassroots initiatives and residents, we are setting the stage for real changes to make Ottawa a healthier city.”

Michael Oster, Biodome Garden Project Lead, is grateful for this award and to be included in the very impressive group of HEAL Champions.

"We appreciate support for the Biodome Garden project from Councillor David Chernushenko and the City of Ottawa’s Better Neighbourhoods program.," said Michael. "Dr. Isra Levy, City of Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health, recommended to the Ottawa Board of Health in his November 19, 2012 report that “the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit approve programming to enhance access to healthy foods, including new initiatives”. The Biodome Garden at Brewer Park, planned for construction later this year, aligns with the initiative of Ottawa Public Health."

Brewer Park Community Garden President Danielle Cantin on behalf of Garden members congratulates Michael Oster and his Biodome Garden team for winning the award and bringing this honour to the organization.

"We are proud of the work that Michael and his team are doing in developing and bringing to fruition this innovative way of growing food in our city."

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Dog-Strangling Vine Round-up

7/4/2013

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We're looking for helpers to come help remove the invasive dog-strangling vine in and around the garden. If you're available to stop by and help out for a little bit, please join us at the garden at 10:00am this Sunday, July 7th, 2013!

Did you know?

"[Dog Strangling Vine] can grow in a variety of environments, from forested to open areas and is a master at displacing native species from the areas in which it grows. [Dog Strangling Vine] most easily displaces native species that are sensitive or rare, but it also impacts wildlife which rely on the displaced native species for food or breeding."
(http://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/invasive-species/dog-strangling_vine.html)

"The vine threatens the monarch butterfly, a species at risk in Ontario. The butterflies lay their eggs on the plant, but the larvae are unable to complete their life cycle and do not survive."
(http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/dog-strangling-vine/)

Hope to see you there!

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July 2013 Newsletter

7/4/2013

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The Garden's July Newsletter is now available for your reading enjoyment. Special thanks goes out to Isabel Tang, the newsletter's editor, for her work on the newsletter.

July 2013 Newsletter

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July 30, 2013 Garden Activities

Garden Events for Week of July 21 - 27, 2013

Learning About Square Foot Gardening

Biodome Garden Receives Innovators Award

Dog-Strangling Vine Round-up

July 2013 Newsletter

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