Thanks to everyone who attended the garden party!

The garden party was a great success! With about 25 volunteers we were able to plant most of our seeds and seedlings for the year and got our garden off to a great start! Check out our photos from the event.

We are still looking for people who want to get involved in the garden. We are now holding regular gardening times for anyone interested in stopping by.

Tuesday mornings 9:30 - 1:30

Tuesday evenings starting at 7

Thursday mornings 9:30 - 1:30

At these times someone who is an experienced gardener will be at the garden and we hope to get a decent sized group together at each of these times to work on weeding, composting and designing our fruit section of the garden.

If it is raining heavily or storming consider the session cancelled.

If you cannot come to the garden at one of these times but would like to volunteer please contact us at potatogarden@googlegroups.com and we can arrange alternate times.
Likewise if you would like to arrange a gardening session for a group at another time please email the list.

(for directions to the garden see the previous post about the garden party)

For more info email us at potatogarden@googlegroups.com (please note we won`t be answering our main phone line during the summer)

People`s Potato Garden Planting Party

Everyone is invited to the People`s Potato Garden at the Loyola Campus to plant our vegetable seeds and seedlings to get our garden started for the season.

Date: Friday May 23, 2008

Time: 10:30 – 1:00

Activities: planting seeds and seedlings, making a scarecrow, preparing garden beds, weeding, turning the compost, etc. A wading pool will be set up if it is warm!

If it is raining, the event will not be held that day. If it rains we will hold the event on Saturday May 24 (same time).

Bring a spade or shovel if you have one!

Everyone is welcome, kid friendly event.

Snacks will be provided.

Location: Garden is located beside 7079 Terrebonne

Directions:

Three possible ways to get to the garden: (signs will be posted)

1- Take the 51 bus from Snowdon and get off by the chapel at the Concordia Loyola campus on West Broadway. Enter beside chapel and walk down this road until it ends. Turn left past the residences near the large dumpster.

2. Take the shuttle bus from Sir George Williams campus. Walk straight through the campus from the bus stop, pass the library building, pass dumpster and you will see the garden.

3. Take the 105 bus from Vendome, head towards the library building and follow directions from 2. above.

For more information email: potatogarden@googlegroups.com

Get involved in our garden this summer

Each summer we work with volunteers to grow organic vegetables and distribute them to communities that do not have regular access to quality vegetables. Volunteers who work with us have access to taking vegetables home as well.

We are currently in the process of getting our garden at the Loyola campus up and running for the 2008 summer season. At the moment we've got seedlings growing in the Concordia rooftop greenhouse, we're working the compost and we are establishing new beds to plant in. We will begin planting near the end of May. If you are interested in volunteering to work in the garden send an email to our group list potatogarden@googlegroups.com. We will let you know when we are working and will inform you of special events we have planned for the garden. We welcome everyone regardless of level of experience in gardening. If you have any special skills you would like to put to work let us know.

Goodbye and thank you for all the dirty dishes!

THE PEOPLE'S POTATO HAS STOPPED SERVING FOR THIS YEAR. THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ENJOYED OUR SERVINGS.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!

(or in our garden at the Loyola campus this summer)

Wednesday April 2 -- Our General Assembly

Tomorrow!: Food Sovereignty in Quebec

March 12 workshop