Mt. Paul Community (Cooperative) Garden - Grand Opening!

On May 28th, the Mt. Paul Community Garden invited the community out for its grand opening. Lunch was served, cut worms were found, and a lot of planting was done. Congratulations to these energetic folks who have decided to grow their food cooperatively and then work together when harvest season rolls around.

People in Motion: Planting Lettuce.

Barry & Mendel - finding CUTWORMS!

The Day of the Honeybee - May 28th

On Saturday, May 28th the Kamloops & District Bee Keepers' Club set up shop at the Farmers Market to raise awareness about the importance of BEES - in our gardens, in our food system, and in our ecosystem. 

With bee populations on a steep decline, these folks are doing their best to keep bee populations healthy in our region. 

The Queen Bee was marked GREEN!

Robert holding fort at the Kamloops Food Policy Council's  table

Next Meeting - Call for artists, sign makers, produce enthusiasts.

Thursday June 2, at The Art We Are - 4:30 p.m.

Thank You::Thank You::Thank You

A generous round of thank yous must be extended to all of the amazing volunteers who have put in so much time so far - none of this would be here without you..

Huge thanks also go out to Painless Underground Sprinklers who put in an entire irrigation system free of charge on Wednesday May 18th. Amazing work, what a relief for us!! 

    

Also, thank you to the United Way and the Royal Bank who coordinated a Day of Caring on May 19th (all of the soil was wheelbarrowed into the raised beds and the raised beds were painted!!). 

                                                          
The crew from Garden Gate also came out to help us - together, we were an enormous crew of highly efficient dirt diggers and wheelbarrow pushers. So efficient, that we ran out of work!!

Ms. Morgan's grade 7 class from Stuart Wood Elementary also popped in to help for awhile. Thank you!! Artizan Horticulture kindly donated wheelbarrows and shovels on the Day of Caring - this was a huge help, thank you!   

 http://artizanhorticulture.blogspot.com/

Another thank you to Emily Hope for creating our beautiful poster

Keep an eye open for it around town!! 

Lastly, two enormous thank yous must go out to Shelaigh Garson and James Boak. Their behind-the-scenes coordination of supplies, labour, soil, and lumber combined with their hands on labour, incredible knowledge, and skill sets have made this project possible. 

There will be so many more thank yous to come, stay tuned..... 

A Few Links to Recent Media Coverage

Kamloops This Week Editorial:
http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/opinion/121592439.html

Kamloops Daily News Article:
http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20110520/KAMLOOPS0101/110519730/come-and-get-it-but-not-quite-yet

photo credit: Murray Mitchell

Kamloops Daily News Coverage of Darrin Nordahl's visit: http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20110505/KAMLOOPS0101/110509845/speaker-advocates-free-food-in-public-places

Kamloops This Week coverage of Nordahl's public talk:

http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/lifestyles/121594334.html

Kamloops Daily News Editorial on Buying/Eating local - we're on the right track!

http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20110520/KAMLOOPS0302/110519722/eat-well-by-buying-local

Public Produce

                                    

an enormous 

thank you to 

emily hope 

for creating 

this wonderful poster!!

Thursday May 19th - Work Day & Meeting!!

The United Way has generously arranged a Day of Caring at the Public Produce site on Thursday May 19 from 9am-3pm. 

There will be approximately 15 people there throughout the day but we definitely need more help! 

Thanks to the hard work of a few amazing volunteers, the beds have been built and we are now ready to shovel the soil into the beds! 

If you can come out at any point during the day, we would love to see you there! If you are able, please bring a shovel (and even a wheelbarrow if you have one!). Alternatively, if you have to work but have shovels or wheelbarrows that we could borrow for the day...please be in touch, we could use extra supplies!! 

(these boxes need dirt inside of them!!)

After the work is done, there will be a meeting at 4pm for volunteers who would like to contribute to the direction of the project in the next few months. We want to gain some feedback and brainstorm ideas. This is a project for everyone to contribute to and all suggestions will be happily welcomed. We've had several artists approach us for unique mural, photography, and kids art project ideas...


This is a community space and communities need art, culture, and food!!