greenthumbs2021Aug 21, 20181 minResource on gardening with kidsJust received: a nice link from Yard Care Gurus! Ultimate Beginners Guide To Gardening With Kids
greenthumbs2021Jun 6, 20182 minKids Growing Programs, Spring 2018Students, teachers and volunteers have been busy at work this Spring in getting our school gardens ready for the growing season! Despite...
greenthumbs2021Jun 6, 20182 minUrban Roots Youth, Spring 2018Our Urban Roots Youth program kicked off this spring in April with helping hands eager to get dirty after a long winter. The spring...
greenthumbs2021Apr 6, 20182 minHumber Nursing Students PracticumFrom September to December 2017, eight 3rd year Humber nursing students had the opportunity to work with Green Thumbs and Rose Avenue...
greenthumbs2021Apr 6, 20182 minReflections: Placement Students Spring 2018Maseeda Majeed and Kylee Hinde have been working here at Green Thumbs this spring, and they’ve got stories to tell! Maseeda (right) with...
greenthumbs2021Nov 2, 20171 minCook & Grow, fall 2017Natalie Meyers, one of the animators of this exciting new program working at Nelson Mandela Park PS shares this: “We had a wonderful...
greenthumbs2021Jun 1, 20171 minP is for PlantingPatricia decided to plant a garden. She wanted to grow all the things that had the same first letter as her name, but the only plant she...
greenthumbs2021Oct 26, 20152 minA double-double black magic kale, please!Five-year-olds don’t always want to eat their vegetables. But when they’ve spent time exploring a schoolyard garden and picking their...
greenthumbs2021Oct 3, 20141 minDivided we Stand (plants, not people)Call for Division! Native Plant Divisions for our Biodiversity Corner This fall, Green Thumbs is setting roots in Regent Park. In...
greenthumbs2021Jun 20, 20132 minThanks to our awesome co-op studentsIn June, our co-op students Prushodhj Niranjan and Pantha Azmee finished up at GTGK. They were superstars! And we will miss them....
greenthumbs2021May 23, 20132 minGreen Thumbs Growing Kids Announcements May 24, 2013It’s an exciting time for school gardens – please join us physically and metaphysically in our celebrations of a new season of growth and...
greenthumbs2021Nov 15, 20122 minWhole Kids Foundation and FoodCorps sponsored Sprucecourt PS and Rose Ave. PS in 2012We are very pleased to announce that the funding received by us on behalf of gardens at Sprucecourt PS and Rose Ave. PS was well spent...
greenthumbs2021Aug 20, 20122 minEarthblock Garden Build, Urban Agriculture SummitOn Aug. 18, seven participants in the Urban Agriculture Summit, hailing from as far away as Oregon, attended a Green Thumbs Growing Kids...
greenthumbs2021Jul 31, 20121 minQuick Summer Update: Plant FacesBeing a “hands on learning”, I always enjoyed arts and crafts in school. Creating an example prior to our kids program, I loved choosing...
greenthumbs2021Jul 27, 20121 minSchool Garden Earthblock Build, Aug. 18Students building an earth block garden bed Want to know how to build a garden bed with children on a school ground? Come join our Urban...
greenthumbs2021Jul 9, 20121 minWelcome Timothy Bun-BunTimothy (named after the hay I hope he likes) Bun-Bun (name given by the family who rescued him) has joined us at GTGK! He’s a 3 mo old...
greenthumbs2021Nov 1, 20113 minKakai pumpkins and tomato apple chutney, oh my!What to do before the weather dips below zero degrees and damages the still-green tomatoes dangling from your plants? What to do when you...
greenthumbs2021Sep 20, 20111 minBack-to-school harvestingDo you feel that? It’s the cool fall breeze rustling your hair. Do you hear that? That’s the sound of children’s voices gleefully picking...