FREE DOCUMENTARY FEB 23 2015

s a v e  the d a t e !

FEBRUARY 23 2015

700 PM
@

WINDSOR PUBLIC LIBRARY

850 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor, ON N9A 4M9

DOCUMENTARY NIGHT

FREE!

COME IN OUT OF THE COLD!

LET'S ENJOY A NICE WARM COMMUNITY DOCUMENTARY!

FACEBOOK EVENT HERE

FREE: "Join us for a screening of the 2011 documentary titled “A Community of Gardeners” which looks at the history of community gardens in North America as well as the movement’s current renaissance. The documentary will be followed by a discussion lead by Steve Green, the Windsor Essex County Community Garden Collective's Network Coordinator. Find out how you can join the vibrant community garden movement!"

Nov 5 2014 WEC CGC Meeting

Windsor and Essex County

Community Garden Collective

At tonight's Windsor Essex County Community Garden Collective meeting we will be having a discussion about how Community Gardens can support Schools who are planning to have gardens.

TONIGHT'S MEETING IS AT

530 PM – November 5^th, 2014

Dr. David Suzuki Public School

6320 Raymond Avenue, Windsor, ON N8S 1Z9

Below are some great videos about what is already happening.

NEWS HOUR TORONTO
 July 3 2013 6:10pm  03:43
CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO: Chris Hadfield Public School’s community Garden provides more than just tasty food for all.

Wed, Jul 3: The Community Garden is not an extension of the classroom for students and staff members of Chris Hadfield Public School as everyone now tends to the plot of land growing organic veggies! Susan Hay reports.

About Our History

Our Background

The Windsor & Essex County Community Garden Collective is a network of Community Garden and Urban Agriculture projects in Windsor and Essex County. Most of the community gardens were developed at grass roots level. Two of the gardens were developed by agencies in partnership with the community and received United Way funding to start. Many of our gardens were a direct result of the City of Windsor’s ‘Seed & Feed’ one time program that gave out start up monies for the community gardens to get established. The majority of the community gardens rely on donations of time and labour from the community to continue. These public spaces are managed by teams of dedicated and highly committed members of each community garden. Thousands of pounds of food are shared with the community informally and through food rescue programs. Each community garden can be congratulated for the hard work they put in all year round to maintain, plan, harvest, and share their bounty with children, parents, individuals, community groups and neighbourhoods. The Windsor and Essex County Community Garden Collective is not run by any local organization- but cooperates with many. It is grateful for all those businesses and agencies that partner with the gardens to make this happen. We could not do it without your support. The WECCGC is also grateful for the Ontario Trillium Foundation for supporting the role of a Network Coordinator to assist in the growth of the movement. If you have any questions, please feel free to email the Network Coordinator.