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Riley Park Community Garden

50 East 30th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V5V 2T9
7789983471
A food security project of Little Mountain Neighbourhood House

Riley Park Community Garden

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Sunchokes for sunny days ☀️ October 19 Guided Work Party

October 20, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool

There are some sunchokes growing bountifully on our pollinator border without us having planted them!

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Got the gall to mess with roses? These bugs sure do - October 16 Guided Work Party

October 17, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool

These sort of highly specialized insects are really interesting to observe, and they show the complexity of some insect and plant relationships.

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Insects are your garden’s friends - October 12 Guided Work Party

October 13, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool

As gardeners, we often try to keep insects away from our plants by using pesticides — but we’re actually contributing to the wellbeing of the ecosystem when we allow insects to thrive in our gardens!

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Diatomaceous earth can help with pests! October 5 Guided Work Party

October 6, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool

Diatomaceous earth is a sedimentary rock that is organic approved and can be used as a pesticide.

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We attended Growing Great Garlic 101! October 2 Guided Work Party & Workshop

October 4, 2022 Dhira Khewsubtrakool
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 Alex explaining late blight on the tomatoes.

Alex explaining late blight on the tomatoes.

 Is this okra? If so, I didn’t know we’d sown any!

Is this okra? If so, I didn’t know we’d sown any!

 New recruit Steve filling up the compost bin!

New recruit Steve filling up the compost bin!

 Today’s harvest.

Today’s harvest.

 Today’s delicious and unusual lunch from our caterer Catherine! A savoury beetroot cheesecake, corn and potato salad, and green salad.

Today’s delicious and unusual lunch from our caterer Catherine! A savoury beetroot cheesecake, corn and potato salad, and green salad.

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Alex led a lovely workshop on growing great garlic today.

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Where to find us

50 E 30th Ave
Vancouver, BC V5V 2T9

Riley Park Community Garden is a food security project of Little Mountain Neighbourhood House (102-1193 Kingsway)

 

We acknowledge that the land on which we garden and gather is the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories belonging to the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Funded in part by the Government of Canada's New Horizon for Seniors Program
 
 

Charity Registration Number: 107629925RR0001
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