Jul
22
8:30 AM08:30

10th Garden Tour/Poker Run

This schedule is tentative and may change. We will release a tour poster in a couple weeks with firm details.

Our tour kicks off at St John’s Port Whitby Community Garden. Next, we make our way to South Oshawa to visit Glen Street CG’s official launch. The Salvation Army Church CG has redeveloped their space, and we will visit them next. We head north to the Port Perry Permaculture CG located at the fairgrounds to marvel at the wonderful native plants. We stop for lunch (location to be determined), to rest, chat and connect. While up north, we will check out the Uxbridge Community Share Garden in its second year.

The remaining stops are to be decided. We encourage you to carpool on this event. Tickets are $25 and includes lunch. This event helps support our You Grow Durham Fund which provides grants to new gardens.

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Table Talk: Botanical Bookworms #2
Mar
31
6:30 PM18:30

Table Talk: Botanical Bookworms #2

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

If you are interested in joining the Zoom call on Mar 31 to discuss the book, please register here, through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/table-talk-botanical-bookworms-2-tickets-137996771057

If you would like to reserve a hardcopy book through Brock Library contact TNDF at zoe@tndf.ca. E-books and audiobooks are also available to Durham library card holders via OverDrive/Libby on a first come, first serve basis.

All of these titles are also available through Audible, Apple Books, Google Play, or wherever you get your audio & e-books!

Come take a page out of the community handbook, and join us as we dig into discussion & fun!

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Resilient Communities, Regenerative Landscapes: An Urban Agriculture Symposium
Mar
30
9:00 AM09:00

Resilient Communities, Regenerative Landscapes: An Urban Agriculture Symposium

  • 1604 Champlain Avenue Whitby, ON, L1N 6A7 Canada (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Resilient Communities, Regenerative Landscapes: An Urban Agriculture Symposium is an event in Durham Region that will bring together policy makers, food producers, students, entrepreneurs, organizations, and influencers. The full day event will celebrate existing and new projects while raising awareness and the potential of urban agriculture projects, both for-profit and voluntary (eg. community gardens, urban farms, and urban orchards), in Durham Region.

Join us for panel discussions, informative speaker sessions, networking and Durham College greenhouse tours!

We look forward to seeing you there!!

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Jun
22
7:30 PM19:30

6th Annual Garden Tour Poker Run

This summer we are holding DIG’s 6th Annual Community Garden Tour on Saturday July 22nd@ 9:00am. With the success of last years tour will be a running another  "Community Garden Poker Run".  All participants on the tour will be dealt a random playing card at each garden we visit. At the end of the tour the individuals with the best poker hands will be able to choose from a selection of prizes from local businesses.

REGISTER FOR THE TOUR

CLICK HERE

 

FEATURE GARDEN - CARPE DIEM FARM

Carpe Diem Farm is the brainchild of Julie Belli, an award winning artisan cheese maker and tireless advocate of using organic practices to cultivate fresh local food. In addition to providing aspiring farmers with incubator plots to try their hands at the land risk-free, Carpe Diem Farm is also home to a farm shop, farm cafe, a classroom, a mixed orchard, greenhouses, and soon, a newly renovated cheese plant and milking room that will produce goat, sheep and cow cheeses, as well as other quality products.

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How to Start a Community Garden
Feb
4
9:30 AM09:30

How to Start a Community Garden

Durham Integrated Growers for a Sustainable Community.

This program is designed to provide information on all elements of starting a community garden. It includes an introduction to:

  • Asset Based Community Development
  • Acquiring a Site
  • Site Design
  • Resources
  • Project Funding
  • Creating the Organization

This is an opportunity to get all your questions answered and everyone is welcome! 

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Jul
23
10:00 AM10:00

5th Annual Community Garden Tour

This summer we are holding DIG’s 5th Annual Community Garden Tour on Saturday July 23rd@ 10:00am. We are excited to announce that this years tour will be a  "Community Garden Poker Run".  All participants on the tour will receive a random playing card at each garden they visit. At the end of the tour the individuals with the best poker hands will receive a gift card from various local businesses.

Prizes currently include gift cards from:

  • Archibald's Winery
  • Tyrone Mill
  • Gallery on the Farm
  • Kingsway Gardens
  • Lowe's 
  • & many more to come!

 

Feature Garden


Our feature garden stop this year will be Jay Cuthbertson’s Forest Food Garden.  Come Join us in seeing how Jay has used Permaculture principals to design this wonderful garden.

Stay tuned for more info!

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