Monthly Archives: May 2009

Students at Rideau Public School Grow a Healthy, Sustainable Community

May 27, 2009

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.

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Grow a Row and Oak Street Garden Launch!

May 27, 2009

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!

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Community Harvest Market Grand Opening!

May 25, 2009

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).

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New Projects Sprouting Up

May 21, 2009

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.
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