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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
Kids Growing Programs, Spring 2018
Students, teachers and volunteers have been busy at work this Spring in getting our school gardens ready for the growing season! Despite...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
Urban Roots Youth, Spring 2018
Our Urban Roots Youth program kicked off this spring in April with helping hands eager to get dirty after a long winter. The spring...
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greenthumbs2021
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min
Humber Nursing Students Practicum
From September to December 2017, eight 3rd year Humber nursing students had the opportunity to work with Green Thumbs and Rose Avenue...
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greenthumbs2021
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min
Reflections: Placement Students Spring 2018
Maseeda Majeed and Kylee Hinde have been working here at Green Thumbs this spring, and they’ve got stories to tell! Maseeda (right) with...
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greenthumbs2021
- Nov 2, 2017
- 1 min
Cook & Grow, fall 2017
Natalie Meyers, one of the animators of this exciting new program working at Nelson Mandela Park PS shares this: “We had a wonderful...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 1, 2017
- 1 min
P is for Planting
Patricia 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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Oct 26, 2015
- 2 min
A 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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Oct 3, 2014
- 1 min
Divided 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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jun 20, 2013
- 2 min
Thanks to our awesome co-op students
In June, our co-op students Prushodhj Niranjan and Pantha Azmee finished up at GTGK. They were superstars! And we will miss them....
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greenthumbs2021
- May 23, 2013
- 2 min
Green Thumbs Growing Kids Announcements May 24, 2013
It’s an exciting time for school gardens – please join us physically and metaphysically in our celebrations of a new season of growth and...
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greenthumbs2021
- Nov 15, 2012
- 2 min
Whole Kids Foundation and FoodCorps sponsored Sprucecourt PS and Rose Ave. PS in 2012
We 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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Aug 20, 2012
- 2 min
Earthblock Garden Build, Urban Agriculture Summit
On Aug. 18, seven participants in the Urban Agriculture Summit, hailing from as far away as Oregon, attended a Green Thumbs Growing Kids...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jul 31, 2012
- 1 min
Quick Summer Update: Plant Faces
Being a “hands on learning”, I always enjoyed arts and crafts in school. Creating an example prior to our kids program, I loved choosing...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jul 27, 2012
- 1 min
School Garden Earthblock Build, Aug. 18
Students 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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Jul 9, 2012
- 1 min
Welcome Timothy Bun-Bun
Timothy (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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Nov 1, 2011
- 3 min
Kakai 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...
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greenthumbs2021
- Sep 20, 2011
- 1 min
Back-to-school harvesting
Do 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...
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