This year, we received a grant from Farm to Cafeteria Canada for equipment and supplies to animate school gardens and classrooms, with edible produce grown by students. The project supports up to 11 schools to engage in Microgreens production, including the lights unit, trays, grow media and organic seed. Our seed of choice is Speckled Pea, which was bred for sprout production and grows happily under most conditions, feeding students a tasty nutritious green, raw, cut-and-co

This year, we’ve seen the importance of garden-based education firsthand. Because of your support, we delivered hands-on garden and food literacy programs weekly at Sprucecourt PS, Rose Avenue PS, Eastdale CI, Frankland PS, and seven more schools across the city in single workshops. We brought 12 classes  to Allan Gardens Children’s Conservatory for early spring planting workshops. At Eastdale, students planted sweet potato slips in June and in October they harvested more tha

By Aiden Crosby Back to school and back in the gardens! Before school ended, the gardens were still slowly adjusting from the cold start...

by Omolegho Akhibi Green Thumbs Growing Kids - Rose Avenue Public School EarlyOns program A piece on the importance of green spaces in...

by Kelsey Docherty December 16, 2024 This week wraps up my first semester at Green Thumbs! I am a first-year placement student coming...

by Rebecca Davis Scott This year, our green roof garden grew beyond expectations, proving once again that a little soil and a lot of care...