Meet and Greet and Work and Eat

Join us on Tuesdays from 5-7pm each week at the Oak Street Garden (weather permitting) to hang out, share some food, find out what’s going on in other plots and even do some gardening. This is a great chance for volunteers to see what is going on and to find some work to do. For more information please contact ashlie[at]lovingspoonful.org.

See you there!

Welcome Ashlie!

Loving Spoonful welcomes Ashlie Laframboise as Volunteer and Events Coordinator. Ashlie is currently working with the Oak Street Garden, the Community Harvest Market, and more. You can reach her at ashlie[at]lovingspoonful.org.

Seedlings need homes

We have quite a few seedlings - tomatoes, peppers, fennel, leeks, - that need a Grow a Row home!

Plant the seedlings, nurture and harvest them and then donate the produce back to Loving Spoonful through the Grow a Row program.  Do you have room in  your garden for some more food?  Please contact us to get some seedlings. (First come first serve)

Students at Rideau Public School Grow a Healthy, Sustainable Community

Grade 5 students at Rideau Public School are participating in the GROW project, a community initiative that involves the planting, raising and harvesting of tomato plants for donation to a local food agency as part of the Grow a Row program in Kingston this year.

Starting on May 28, students, parents and teachers will begin to build and plant the garden on the front lawn of the school property at the corners of Toronto and Dundas Streets. Students will sign up into groups and will be responsible for maintaining the garden through June and over the summer, until the fall harvest. All fruit raised and harvested by the students will be donated to Loving Spoonful for re-distribution to local food agencies.

For more information about the GROW Project please click here.

Grow a Row and Oak Street Garden Launch!

grow a row logoWhen: Sunday June 7th, 2009
Where: Oak Street Garden – where Victoria St meets Oak Street
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Grow a Row in collaboration with the Oak St Garden are hosting a celebration of the new growing season! Come and learn more about Grow a Row and community gardening, and help us plant the Acorn Donation Garden – a 500 Sq Ft garden plot designated for growing food for donation to meal programs in Kingston.

Everyone is welcome!

Community Harvest Market Grand Opening!

The Community Harvest Working Group Invites you to the Grand Opening of the Community Harvest Market

When: Sunday May 31st, 2009
Where: Wally Elmer Neighbourhood Centre, Corner of Daly and MacCauley Street
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BBQ, Entertainment, Children’s Activities. Free!

For more information, please contact: Tara Kainer at 613-544-4525, ext. 113 or Elaine Radway at 613-542-2949, ext.154 or click here.

The Community Harvest Market will be open every Sunday beginning May 31st until October 25th.

Community Harvest Working Group: Community members and representatives from various community organizations interested in increasing food security for individuals and families living in the Rideau Heights area (defined as Railway to Hwy 401, and Division to Cataraqui River).

New Projects Sprouting Up

Spring must be on it’s way; Loving Spoonful is  overwhelmed with so many new projects for spring/summer 2009. We are working with several other organizations on a  number of  initiaives

We continue with food distribution from commercial donors but much of our attention is turning to GARDENING

Some of the initiatives we are working on are:

  • setting up a Big 2009 garden plot at the  Oak St Community Garden to grow food for donation.  This garden will be bigger than last years and will provide opportunites for lots of people to get involved.  We want people to share their expertise and we also want people who want to learn.
  • trying to identify opportunities for gleaning (harvesting the surplus after the commercial harvest is over) from local farms this summer
  • working with a group to set up a new farmers market in the north end of kingston
  • and more!
We also always need people to sit at information tables at various talks/fairs, and, of course, to deliver the surplus food that we collect.

Work Bee at Oak St Garden

Weather permitting, we will be working in the Oak St. Garden Sunday May 3rd from 9am-2pm. Come one come all! Bring gloves (if you are the glove type) sunscreen, rakes and shovels and wheelbarrows if you have ‘em. Bring friends and family. Snacks and water too. Hope to see you there!

ACORN Garden

Loving Spoonful is helping to host the ACORN Garden at Oak St. Garden.


The ACORN Garden is a family-friendly donation and learning garden at the Oak St Community Garden.  It provides a place where everyone can volunteer to help grow food for donation to local meal programs and food banks.  It is a great opportunity to learn about growing food, to meet other gardeners, and to share with the community.  Experienced gardeners are encouraged to take part and share their knowledge and skills with new gardeners.


Volunteers who help in the ACORN Garden will be encouraged to harvest some of the bounty for themselves.  Most of the food grown in the ACORN Garden will be distributed to local meal programs through Loving Spoonful or used in upcoming educational workshops such as  Make YOur Own Baby Food and Tomato Canning.

There will be a work bee in the near future, check back for more information soon!

Grow a Row in Kingston this year!

Loving Spoonful is coordinating Kingson Grow a Row this year. Grow a row encourages home gardeners, community gardeners and farmers to plant an extra row of produce and donate their harvest to local emergency food providers including food banks, shelters and emergency meal programs. Grow a Row builds on the tradition of gardeners sharing their bounty with neighbours and friends.
Visit our Grow a Row page for more information.
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