For the last two growing seasons we have not been able to be in the gardens with the children so we are excited to be planning in person...

Hi everyone! My name is Rebika Baniya. I am in my first year of Community Worker in George Brown College. This year has been so exciting...

How to get kids to eat their veggies - grow them themselves! Pea shoots grown via online programming, 2020, when students were learning...

Hello everyone. My name is Rebika Baniya. I am an international student from Nepal. Currently I am pursuing a diploma in the Community...

Rebecca (Becca) Davis is studying horticulture at Guelph University online and will graduate in the spring with a focus on Urban...

(and if they aren't, they should be) by Sunday Harrison, Executive Director 2021 and the continuing pandemic brought gardening into focus...

by Sunday Harrison, Executive Director As we wind up our 23rd season, Green Thumbs continues to be a valued garden program partner for...

by: Crystal Cornwall, Suneel Dhillon, Mikaela Dillabaugh, Navneet Gill, Bishara Hersi, Grace Ho, Tian Jin, Zohal Kerami, Kim Nguyen,...

by Ohemaa Boateng, Program Manager and Cara McCarthy, Indigenous Program Coordinator [R: Local Explorers youth learning how worms play a...

Hey everyone! Our names are Tobias and Trisha, and we are students from George Brown College in the Child and Youth Care program doing...

by Sunday Harrison, Executive Director Image by Lara Lucretia Outdoor learning is a true breath of fresh air, after months of being...

My Summer Placement Experience: Learning and Growing Wanjun Huang, Early Childhood Studies placement student Hi everyone, my name is...

Summer 2021 was a whirlwind of activity. Six summer staff worked from May 10 through July 9, and three continued on until the end of...

We are now entering into the second school year of this pandemic, which has drastically changed the learning environment for teachers,...

Green Thumbs is super excited to collaborate with Project Canoe on our new program called the Local Explorers. Our very own Program...

by Sunday Harrison Trees provide shade and oxygen in our urban environment, but many trees fail for various reasons. Some are the wrong...

Hello Everyone! My name is Wanjun Huang, and I am an international student at Ryerson University and I have studied in Canada for six...

Job Posting Urban Agriculture Specialist $20/hr x 35 hr week Start date: July 19, 2021 One year contract position Applicant must be 30...

When COVID-19 shifted schools online in March 2020, the number of schools that Green Thumbs Growing Kids (GTGK) was able to reach TRIPLED....

Ohemaa Boateng, Program Manager From in-person school garden programs to the digital world of zoom calls. Our online programs welcomed...

by Heather Wilberforce Have you heard of the Great Big Crunch? It’s a national movement and annual moment of anti-silence in which...

Thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs program, we have 6 new garden staff for 9 weeks of critical planting time, who are also helping kick off...

Don't you love how squirrels take a bite out of your tomatoes and cucumbers? Well, we've heard that leaving some water out for them might...

by Heather Wilberforce, with Catherine Tammaro Have you ever wondered about the sign that stands inside the Winchester School Children’s...