Wally Satzewich talks about small-plot intensive farming, a.k.a. SPIN farming.
How to Homestead and Live Sustainably in Your Community: Small-Scale Homesteading
Outstanding Oregano + What to Produce Besides Crops on a Homestead
Attractive Food Gardens, Scrappy Plants, and Outreach
Adina Oosterwijk, the Community Greening Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia talks about community outreach and home food gardens that are productive and aesthetically pleasing.
Land Conservation, Public Access, and Figs!
No Groceries North of 60
Suzanne Crocker joins us from Dawson City, Yukon to talk about a year eating only locally sourced food, and about gardening in the north.
Toronto Microfarm, Compost Tea, Honey, and Bees
In this episode: Composting and a compost-tea CSA with Sean Smith; and native and honeybees with Charlotte Wiggins.
Finding a Home for Extra Harvest
Susan Antler talks about the Plant • Grow • Share a Row program that helps people and groups grow extra veg for food banks.
From Ornamental Landscapes to Pretty Tasty Gardens
Lindsay Stuijfzand from Pretty Tasty Gardens talks about how she weaves her passion for growing food into her work as a landscaper.
Co-operative Growing
Gardening as Medicine for Mental Health
The Sunshine Garden at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto is a therapeutic garden for in-patients and out-patients.
Landmarks help Blind Gardeners + Gardening for Birds
Incredible Edible: Pamela Warhurst on Making Grey Spaces Green
Pamela Warhurst talks about planting propaganda veg gardens and building community. Warhurst helped found the Incredible Edible Network
Making Change One Garden at a Time
Emily Murphy talks about gardening for community, health, and the environment; and Sunday Harrison talks about making change through urban school gardens.
Food-Focused Homestead Life
School Food Gardens Open Career Horizons
Allison Eady from Waterloo Region School Food Gardens talks about garden-based learning and introducing students to the food system
Urban Growers + Gardening Under Cover
Jamie Day Fleck talks about the urban growers she met while filming her documentary In My Backyard; and Niki Jabbour talks about garden covers and her book Growing Under Cover.
Doug Oster uses Newspaper Boxes to Share Seeds
Helping Other People Eat through Gardening
Julie Brunson didn’t garden as a child, but began to garden and grow food as an adult. When her husband was in a dark place and found solace in their garden, the garden not only fed them, it helped him to heal.
That was the start of a journey into teaching kids about regenerative gardening, and also using the garden as a way to touch on a host of other topics including social justice, mental health, and nutrition.
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If this episode piqued your interest in school gardens, tune in to the October 2020 episode entitled Green Thumbs Growing Kids
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Garden in Your 90s
Physiotherapist Nancy Durrant talks about the garden and gardeners at a Toronto long-term care home.