A community space tackling food insecurity
while enhancing community engagement. 

 
 

News from the Garden

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Upcycling is the bee’s knees ♻️🐝
Upcycling is the bee’s knees ♻️🐝

Wednesday, April 3: See the wonders of upcycled materials in extending the harvest season!

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A Haircut for Willow 💇‍♀️
A Haircut for Willow 💇‍♀️

Wednesday, March 27: Pruning the willow, tidying up the accessible beds, and harvesting overwintered greens

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Harvesting, weeding, and hummingbird feeding 🌺
Harvesting, weeding, and hummingbird feeding 🌺

Sunday, March 24: Harvesting overwintered greens, weeding out rooty plants, saying hello to some avian visitors

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Burning berry bushes 🔥🫐
Burning berry bushes 🔥🫐
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Composting and pruning with the Master Gardeners
Composting and pruning with the Master Gardeners

Sunday, March 20: Vancouver Master Gardener Coordinators gathered at the garden on March 10 to learn about composting and fruit tree pruning

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Back in the garden! 🌷
Back in the garden! 🌷

Our first work party of 2024!

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Roots and shoots 🫚
Roots and shoots 🫚

This week at the garden, Nov. 15

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Master Gardeners unite! 🧑🏼‍🌾
Master Gardeners unite! 🧑🏼‍🌾

Our latest intensive gardening session on Sunday, Nov. 19

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Garlic galore 🧄
Garlic galore 🧄

This week at the garden, Nov. 5

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Our Activities in the Garden, Field House, and Park

Upcoming events

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Tool maintenance workshop
Guided work party

Volunteer at weekly guided work parties!

Guided work party

Volunteer at weekly guided work parties!

Guided work party

Volunteer at weekly guided work parties!

Farmer's Market Donation Station
 

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View fullsize Take home a weekly box of organically grown produce from your neighbourhood farm! @farmerson57th grow delicious vegetables and herbs, as well as beautiful cut flowers for your table. Starting May 23rd, each week you can count on receiving leafy gree
View fullsize The last two work parties have been mainly about planting as seedlings come out of the greenhouse. So far we've planted different cold season crops: beets, chard, lettuce, green onion and leeks to name a few! Harvesting has been a little light latel
View fullsize The yard garden program grows food in our neighbour’s front and backyards to help reduce food insecurity in our community. An ongoing challenge for our Yard Garden Coordinator has been the lack of greenhouse space for starting seeds. This has
View fullsize This week at the garden - Apr 26 & 30, 2023 We have some exciting new guests at the garden - 50 mason bees cocoons! We were lucky to get the cocoons from the Vancouver Parks Board. Their homes were mounted on the back of our shed. It was a spec
View fullsize Join our guided work parties! 🌱 Sign up at the link in bio. #rileypark #growlocal #endhunger #foodjustice #communitygarden #foodsecurity #volunteervancouver
View fullsize We're giving out two $25 President's Choice gift cards to thank you for engaging with our posts about food systems! To enter: - Comment your answer to this question: "What are you going to buy at the grocery store if you have this gift card?&qu
View fullsize 💼Apply for a Communications Officer position to support the work of the Riley Park Community Garden and the LMNH Food Hub. Funding from Canada Summer Jobs is being confirmed. Job posting at the link in bio! Email a cover letter and resume to Maria
View fullsize This week at the garden, Garden Coordinator Alex pointed out that oat grass growing in the straw which needed to be removed 🌾 There was also other newly emerging grass, dandelion in the beds, chickweed and hairy bittercress. Dry straw is great for
View fullsize Vancouver is over-reliant on imported food, making our food system highly vulnerable. Strengthen our community by supporting community gardens and other local sources! #vancouver #vancouverlocal #communitygarden #rileyparkcommunitygarden #foodsystem
 

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