Join West Neighbourhood House and Toronto Urban Growers at Parkdale's Seedy Saturday and Eco Fair on Saturday, March 18 from 11 am to 3 pm at Parkdale Public library! 

Seedy Saturdays are annual seed exchanges here people can donate, return or borrow free seeds, and purchase seeds from local seed farmers. We will also be showcasing local environmental organizations focusing on sustainability, zero waste, and green living. Bring your family and kids as we host interactive workshops where you can learn about seed sovereignty, enjoy delicious foods and support local food justice initiatives. 

Admission : Free, PWYC (Pay-What-You-Can)

Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: Parkdale Public Library, 1303 Queen St W

What happens at Seedy Saturdays ?

• Buy and trade heirloom and open-pollinated seeds

• Learn hands-on gardening tips in workshops and demonstrations

• Fun activities for kids

• Connect with other gardeners in your neighbourhood

• Great opportunities for seed vendors and gardening organizations!

To RSVP and/or volunteer, sign up here : https://forms.gle/AZ3doGha6weuHUcb7

Want to donate your seeds for our Seedy Saturday ?

You can drop them off in person at the following locations : 

• Masaryk Community Centre, front desk, 220 Cowan Ave 

• West Neighbourhood main office, reception desk, 248 Ossington St

• West neighbourhood site, reception desk , 1497 Queen St W

Please mark the type of seed in an enclosed envelope and any details you would like to share about them. 

For support with donating your seeds, contact us at fatinch@westnh.org or call 437-533-8618.

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, June 23rd from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.

Due to the unpredictable nature of COVID-19 and the necessary public health measures, we have decided to host our AGM online this year. You can access the AGM over Zoom by either connecting on your computer/tablet/smartphone or by calling in from a landline or mobile phone. To receive the meeting link, please register on our AGM Eventbrite page.

Once you have confirmed your attendance, you'll receive both a link and phone numbers for the online AGM.

AGMs are a chance for organizations like Greenest City to inform their stakeholders about important information from the previous year as well as looking forward into the future.

We hope to see you and hear from you on Wednesday, June 23rd!

New Community Garden Meeting - 17 Close Ave

Want to be involved in a new community garden on 17 Close ave? Sign up for the zoom meeting at admin@greenestcity.ca. If you want to be involved, but are unable to come - please call @ 647 438 0038 or email at admin@greenestcity.ca

We could all use a little celebration in our lives right now. Join us for a hour long online dinner party featuring the vegan soup of Kimberly Chester, a long-time Parkdale resident and soup aficionado.

Soup & Stories is a chance for us to gather virtually and share a meal together.

Each event features a local soup chef who makes a giant batch of soup. We portion, freeze and distribute the soups.

If you’d like to participate, please register by following the link - the event is free and after registration, you’ll be sent instructions on how to pick up your soup.

Hope to see you there!

You can help increase the amount of green space and healthy, fresh produce available in Toronto!

Join this FREE webinar to learn tips and tools for making successful matches between growers and people with space to share.

Garden sharing can happen:

• Around a house (yard, patio, deck, parking pad)

• Around a highrise tower (lawn, courtyard)

• In front of or behind a commercial or retail space

We will walk you through some of the common issues that can be avoided and share tools created to craft good garden sharing agreements. There will be Q&A time to raise your concerns and questions.

Please register by 5:00 pm April 27 to receive a Zoom link.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/intro-to-garden-sharing-tickets-150972654273

Greenest City really loves gathering people for meals. Sharing in the growing, the cooking and enjoyment of meals is pretty central to who we are as an organization. We miss it a lot!

Covid-19 has changed a lot about our lives. It has changed the way we work, the way we see family, friends and our neighbours. It’s also changed the way we eat and how we gather.

In an effort to gather and come together -while maintaining safety and distance- we’re happy to announce a new project that maintains the safety of community members while trying to imagine new ways to stay connected and celebrate.

Soup & Stories is a Greenest City project that hires local cooks to make a huge batch of soup in our community kitchen. Every other week, you can sign up for a free container of a Parkdale resident's signature soup. The best part is that you can join us the following day for a Zoom dinner with the Cook and ask questions, hear about the soup, the ingredients, where its from or anything else.

Greenest City's Adrian DiLena will be guiding us through some simple fermentation concepts while we create our own hot sauce!

No prior experience with fermentation necessary.

Register on Eventbrite.

*** WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THE ZOOM MEETING INFORMATION TO THOSE THAT HAVE REGISTERED ON THURSDAY EVENING ***

Fermentation is a natural process that safely uses microorganisms to preserve and transform foods. Many foods use fermentation to create their unique and potent flavours - everything from Sourdough Bread to Kimchi and more.

In this workshop, we be learning about some of the basic concepts involved in fermentation as well as following along as we make a hot sauce!

Knowing these underlying rules, concepts and how the fermentation process works will help you to follow future recipes, know when something is ready to eat as well as allow you to make your own fermentation experiments and recipes.

If you have any questions - please email:

adrian@greenestcity.ca

Looking forward to the workshop!

Take care.

Our Good Food Market is back! Join us on Thursdays in Parkdale at Masaryk Park and choose from a selection of fresh and affordable fruits and veggies. In an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, we ask that everyone observe physical distancing, sanitize, and wear a mask. See you there!

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2382461458481847/

Join Greenest City and Ojiibikens (an EarlyON project by Ojibiikaan Indigenous Cultural Network) for a series of kid-friendly gardening activities. We'll be growing food from seed to harvest!
You are welcome to come for all dates or drop in anytime.

The gardening will take place in the Dunn Learning Garden, which is just south of 245 Dunn Avenue in Parkdale.

Snacks and TTC fare are provided.

For more information, contact shawna.moore@ojibiikaan.com
To learn more about Ojiibikens gardening programs, visit https://ojibiikaan.com/ojiibikens-earlyon-program/gardening/

10:00 - 12:30 Tree Planting in the Dunn Learning Garden Food Forest

2:00 - 4:00 Kids Activities, Eco-Workshops and Indigenous programming

4:00 - 5:00 Led by Indigenous Elder Vivian Recollet, Opening Ceremony, Water Dance, and drumming

6pm - 8pm Harvest Potluck and Feast

Partnership with Toronto Urban Growers, Vivian Recollet, City of Toronto, Trillium, Parkdale BIG

Mark your calendars, friends! On August 16th, we're hosting a community dinner for residents and organizations of Parkdale. Join us for a lovely evening in the Milky Way Garden, welcoming our new neighbours from Parkdale Community Legal Services and enjoying these last weeks of summer!

RSVP through Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/summer-garden-dinner-milky-way-hub-tickets-67068201797

On June 26, we are hosting our Growing the Future fundraiser and silent auction at the Gladstone Hotel. Ticket sales will help us expand Greenest City programs to reach even more people in our community. 

We invite you to join us for an unforgettable night out while contributing to meaningful change in our city. We will have live music, local food, and exciting auction items from Toronto businesses! 

Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/greenest-city-growing-the-future-fundraiser-tickets-61248381558

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/791177604608743/

Looking for weekend plans? Support our Co-op Cred program and have a ton of fun by joining our Walk and Ride4RealFood team!

Team sign-up page -- http://ow.ly/XfGv50uBJdr 

FB event page -- http://ow.ly/INfL50uBJds 

Join Greenest City and Friends of Masaryk Park & Melbourne Parkette on Saturday May 4th from 10:30am-12:30pm for the 6th Annual Community Clean-Up Day!

We've got you covered with coffee and snacks, garbage bags, gloves, shovels and friends from the neighbourhood! See what two hours of working together can do for the park!

You can find this event on Facebook through @greenestcitytoronto or @masarykfriends

Join Greenest City and Toronto Urban Growers at Parkdale's Seedy Saturday event this March 23rd.

Seedy Saturdays are annual seed exchanges, a series of gardening fairs and celebrations of seeds that occur during winter and early spring throughout Toronto and beyond. The events originated in Canada in the early 90’s, and have since spread across the world. Each Seedy Saturday (or Sunday) hosts a seed exchange where people can donate, return or borrow free seeds, and purchase seeds from local seed farmers.

Parkdale is a diverse community and our Seedy Saturday will celebrate that - join us to buy and exchange heirloom seed varieties, learn from interactive workshops, eat great food and support your local food justice initiatives!

Local environmental based and urban agriculture groups will be providing information on sustainability and gardening.


Admission is Pay-What-You-Can.

Creative Reuse is selling fabric pieces and quilting pieces - various sizes and types, old sewing pattern catalogues, thread, sewing trim of all kinds, velcro, and much more, including some art materials, and interesting odds and ends

BRING YOUR OWN BAG

Sale is CASH ONLY

Sale is run by volunteers

Creative Reuse is selling fabric pieces and quilting pieces - various sizes and types, old sewing pattern catalogues, thread, sewing trim of all kinds, velcro, and much more, including some art materials, and interesting odds and ends

BRING YOUR OWN BAG

Sale is CASH ONLY

Sale is run by volunteers

Creative Reuse is selling fabric pieces and quilting pieces - various sizes and types, old sewing pattern catalogues, thread, sewing trim of all kinds, velcro, and much more, including some art materials, and interesting odds and ends

BRING YOUR OWN BAG

Sale is CASH ONLY

Sale is run by volunteers

Creative Reuse is selling fabric pieces and quilting pieces - various sizes and types, old sewing pattern catalogues, thread, sewing trim of all kinds, velcro, and much more, including some art materials, and interesting odds and ends

BRING YOUR OWN BAG
Sale is CASH ONLY

Sale is run by volunteers