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...

by Tristan Andrews and Sunday Harrison From March through November, we ran 39 programs, which created 650 participant opportunities for...

by Tristan Andrews, Aiden Crosby and Sunday Harrison Change through the seasons and over the years: in 2024 Green Thumbs hosted 40...

By Ella Laforme and Kelsey Docherty November 28, 2024 Here at Green Thumbs Growing Kids, we had the amazing opportunity to be at...

Supporting Families Through Agriculture-Based Learning: Our Year with Rose Avenue’s Parent Drop-in by Tristan Andrews November 22, 2024...

with thanks to Karen Jull, board member and Winchester PS parent back in the day

by Aiden Crosby & Sunday Harrison November 27, 2024 For the past month of November we have taken on Eastdale Collegiate Institute located...

In support of Green Thumbs Growing Kids Daniel et Daniel Catering & Events will be hosting the New Roots Dinner Fundraising event on...

On September 22, the City of Toronto's proclaimed Urban Agriculture Week, and the National Forest Week, intersect! Come see our school...

We are excited to present climate justice action programming in school gardens, appropriate for middle-schoolers. Here's a quick outline:...

by Megan Bennett, Program Co-ordinator Starting in October of last year, Green Thumbs Growing Kids launched our newest community program;...

July 10, 2024 - We've had a very nice spring season in our school gardens. Participants range from Kindergarteners to post-secondary...

This fun program will go all summer - and stay tuned for field trip information - going up to Crosby Gitigaan to learn about solar ovens...