Royalty in the Garden

The Miss Kamloops Ladies stopped by during Hot Night in the City to cool the plants down. 

Dear Public Produce,

This is a letter that we received from a community member who uses the garden on a regular basis:

Dear Sir/Madam

I would like to thank you very much for producing amazing green vegetables and allow the public for free picking. I think the people like me who don't have own land to grow green vegetable would be really getting benefited. 

Thank you so much again and I am enjoying picking the vegetables and making my meal green and healthy.

Thank You to Our Volunteers

Many a thank you must go out to the incredible volunteers that have been watering and maintaining the garden throughout the summer months. Big thank yous to those who have created signs for the garden, brought suggestion boxes on site, built benches and trellises, posted information about the plants, arranged for shale to be brought in and raked. These touches have transformed the garden into an absolutely beautiful space - a welcoming space for the community and visitors alike. 

Elaine & Pascal (Master Gardener in Training)

Elaine and her Grandson Pascal planting lettuce.

Portland, Oregon - A Very Edible City

Portland is a city to feast in and on. 

And a city to look towards in terms of its sustainable practices, 

food security, and local initiatives...

There are delectable food carts (organized into pods of carts!!) all over the city, that sell locally grown, weird, and delicious snacks. 

There are raised beds (filled with edibles) decorating almost every residential meridian and sidewalk. 

...Edible Landscaping Galore:

                            

Mini produce markets can be found, housed with delicious goods and local specialty items...

There seems to be signs pointing towards farmers markets on every city block!

And to top it all off (at the end of the meal): they have CURBSIDE COMPOST. 

Amazing. 

Oh ya...The Local Micro Breweries: Also very good...

Food Art. 

We should definitely look toward Portland for some

ingenious ideas and initiatives for our own community. 

United Way - Downtown Carnival

The United Way invited the Public Produce Project to set up shop at the downtown carnival on Friday July 15. It was a great opportunity to chat with the community about the project and decorate the sidewalk as colourfully as we could. We had a lot of great feedback and may have even recruited some newbies! Huge thanks to Bonnie, Kevin, Jen, Robin, and Carole who volunteered their time, spread the good word of edibles, and created some fantastic sidewalk veggies!! 

Big thanks to the United Way and Jeff (organizer extraordinaire!) for inviting us to the carnival. 

oh ya, there were bubbles too!!

Kamloops Daily News Goes Edible!!!

Jen has been spreading the wonderful word of edibles by initiating an edible garden project at the Kamloops Daily News. Now the little courtyard outside the rather large, concrete building has some lovely & delicious plants.

And..

a little, lunch-time salad. 

photo credit: Jennifer Poohachoff