Friday, June 8, 2012

A new garden at Earl of March!

On May 24th, with the help of GUO, students at Earl of March Secondary School in Kanata brought a new organic vegetable garden to their school. Building started early in the morning...

By noon, three raised beds were ready to go....

This past Tuesday, on June 5th, students planned and planted seeds in the garden. 

Next year, Food and Nutrition students will be able to use this gardens' organic harvest  in their own cooking classes....what a treat!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Bienvenue et Bravo à l'Ecole St François D'Assise!

Bravo à l'Ecole St François D'Assise! Et bienvenue au programme de Grandir BIO! Grace aux efforts d'une superbe équipe de bénévoles, l'Ecole St François D'Assise dans le quartier de Hintonburg a transformé un site pour leur nouveau potager le weekend dernier. Les élèves de troisieme année et cinquième année auront la chance d'y semer plein de légumes biologiques héritages dans les prochaines semaines....

Congratulations Ecole St François D'Assise! And welcome to Growing Up Organic! Thanks to the hard work of a superb team of volunteers, Ecole St François D'Assise in Hintonburg has created the perfect space for their new organic vegetable garden. Grade 3 and grade 5 students will soon be busy planting lots of heirloom organic vegetables in the next couple weeks.....

Avant...
Before...


Le travail commence et dur tard...
It started with hard work well into the night...

Le lendemain...la pluie! Mais les efforts continuent!
The next day... rain! But that didn't stop them!


Et les sourires!
Nor the smiles!


Pour subventionner le coût l'equipe a aussi faite une vente de terre bio...


To help with costs, the team also had a garden soil sale...


Quelle idée géniale!

What a grand idea!
















Dans peu de temps, ça ressemble à quelque chose...


Soon it started to come together...

















Et maintenant l'Ecole St François D'Assise a un merveilleux potager!
And now l'Ecole St François D'Assise has a great new garden!



Let's start planting!
Commençons les semences! 


Sunday, April 1, 2012

COG Organic Gardening Spring Workshops!


Sunny spring days remind us that gardening time is coming! Canadian Organic Growers is offering four workshops about organic gardening from A-Z...

If this interests you, hurry and register because the first workshops takes place this coming Wednesday, April 4!
For information call: 613 244 4000 Extension 2. To register check out: www.ottawa.ca/recreation or call 613 580 2588

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Potato Project on CBC!

Derek Rhodenizer, VP of Heritage Academy, talks about the new and exciting Potato Project on CBC Morning! Click here to listen in if you missed it this morning:

http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/2012/03/21/food-bank-spuds/

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Potato Project ~ Projet Patates

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As many of you know, school gardens can be powerful tools for engaging with the broader community and, as a bonus, they provide us with a bountiful harvest every year that tastes even better when it is shared with others! It is with this in mind that Heritage Academy has embarked on the "Potato Project" a new initiative that Growing Up Organic is proud to support! The Potato Project encourages schools, clubs, businesses and families to set aside a space (4' by 4' is enough) to grow potatoes for the Ottawa Food Bank's Community Harvest Program. As Mr. Rhodenizer, Vice Principal of Heritage Academy writes: if twenty individuals or groups plant one tower of potatoes each, we can donate one tonne of potatoes to the Ottawa Food Bank this Fall!

A tower of potatoes you say? Why yes! Potatoes are indeed a miraculous vegetable, producing mounds and mounds of tubers in  a very small space thanks to their ability to grow vertically! Mr. Rhodenizer and Mr. Hansen at Heritage are busy putting together potato tower kits which will be available at the end of April for a small fee. The towers will be ready for pickup on April 27th at the Heritage Academy School Garden kick off.  There you will get the resources and support you need to ensure your Potato Tower is a success. If you can't make it to the event, contact GUO and we will be happy to help you connect with the project.

For more information: http://heritage-academy.com/the-potato-project/

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Comme plusieurs d'entre vous le savez, les jardins scolaires sont d'excellents milieux pour engager avec la communauté, et de plus, les jardins nous offrent une récolte ample qui goutte encore meilleure lorsqu'elle est partagée avec les autres. Avec cela en tête, Heritage Academy a commencé le nouveau "Projet Patates", une initiative que Grandir BIO est fier d'appuyer! Le Projet Patates encourage les écoles, les clubs, les lieux de travail, et les familles de mettre de coté un endroit (4' par 4' suffit) pour cultiver des pommes de terre pour en faire un don à la Banque alimentaire d'Ottawa. Comme Monsieur Rhodenizer, Vice-Principal de Heritage l'a indiqué, si une vingtaine de participants plantent chacune une tour de patates, nous pourrions cultiver une tonne de pommes de terre pour le Banque alimentaire cet automne!

Une tour de patates vous dites? Et oui! Les pommes de terre sont de légumes presque miraculeuses dans leur habilité de grandir verticalement! Par conséquent, on peut cultiver beaucoup de pommes de terre dans un espace minime. M. Rhodenizer et M. Hansen de Heritage Academy travaillent fort pour produire des trousses de tour à patates pour vous! Les trousses seront disponibles à un prix modeste à la fin Avril. Le 27 Avril, Heritage Academy célèbre le début de la saison dans leur jardin et vous invite de venir procurer votre trousse ainsi que des ressources informatives pour assurer le succès de votre récolte. Si cette date ne vous convient, n’hésitez pas de contacter Grandir BIO pour connecter au projet.

Pour de plus amples renseignements: http://heritage-academy.com/the-potato-project/


 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Getting excited about the Spring planting season? Can't wait to get your hands dirty?? Already dreaming about your delicious organic bounty???

Then you don't want to miss Seedy Saturday! Come out and learn more about organic vegetable gardening and get your organic and heirloom seeds from local vendors this Saturday, March 3rd at the Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre, 2805 Carling ave (Brittannia Beach). 

The event runs 10am to 3pm with several workshops offered throughout the day. For more information:
http://www.seeds-organic.com/seedy.htm

Monday, February 13, 2012

We are so proud to be among those growing good food ideas in Ontario. Check out our new video!
Growing Up Organic in Ottawa - A Project of the Canadian Organic Growers from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.