Recently at the Food Hub...

Although June went by in the blink of an eye, it’s been a busy month for the LMNHS Food Hub. Check out what’s been happening at the Community Garden, Food Distribution Program and the Yard Garden Program.  

 Our highlights:

Guided Work Parties at RPCG 

Removing our broad bean plants to make room for our winter squash!

Cherry harvest!

Cherries are slowly ripening

Visitors from Chuckanut

Vietnamese group coming to visit and garden with us! Great to meet some new people 

June Garden Party - Painting signs for the Yard Gardens

Working together to cut our cucumber bed ready

Lots of learning is happening! Walking along the outside perimeter of the garden to learn more about drought-tolerant plants  

Working together to get our tomato trellises up and planting tomatoes 

We harvested LOTS of greens this month!

Yard Garden Harvest Program 

We’re proud to say we had:

• 10 volunteer shifts in June

• 24 unique volunteers

• 125 volunteer hours

• 102 lbs harvested

Setting up tomato trellices

Planting tomatoes

Adding fertilizer to our cucumber plants

Adding fertilizer to the beans

Food Distribution Program

Setting up for the Food Distribution Program

Some of the food we have delivered by Food Stash Foundation

Lots of team work!

Other highlights include…

• Arborist Appreciation Day

• Hillcrest Festival

• Donation Station at the Vancouver Farmers Market

• Launching the BCAFM Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program and distributing coupon sheets

Wow! What a truly incredible month it has been. A huge thank you goes out to all our amazing volunteers and staff for making it all possible. If you are interested in volunteering with us in any (or all!) of these programs or events, click here.

We are eagerly anticipating the opportunities and developments that the next month will bring!