Resilient Communities, Regenerative Landscapes: An Urban Agriculture Symposium
Mar
30
9:00 AM09:00

Resilient Communities, Regenerative Landscapes: An Urban Agriculture Symposium

  • 1604 Champlain Avenue Whitby, ON, L1N 6A7 Canada (map)
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Resilient Communities, Regenerative Landscapes: An Urban Agriculture Symposium is an event in Durham Region that will bring together policy makers, food producers, students, entrepreneurs, organizations, and influencers. The full day event will celebrate existing and new projects while raising awareness and the potential of urban agriculture projects, both for-profit and voluntary (eg. community gardens, urban farms, and urban orchards), in Durham Region.

Join us for panel discussions, informative speaker sessions, networking and Durham College greenhouse tours!

We look forward to seeing you there!!

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Jun
22
7:30 PM19:30

6th Annual Garden Tour Poker Run

This summer we are holding DIG’s 6th Annual Community Garden Tour on Saturday July 22nd@ 9:00am. With the success of last years tour will be a running another  "Community Garden Poker Run".  All participants on the tour will be dealt a random playing card at each garden we visit. At the end of the tour the individuals with the best poker hands will be able to choose from a selection of prizes from local businesses.

REGISTER FOR THE TOUR

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FEATURE GARDEN - CARPE DIEM FARM

Carpe Diem Farm is the brainchild of Julie Belli, an award winning artisan cheese maker and tireless advocate of using organic practices to cultivate fresh local food. In addition to providing aspiring farmers with incubator plots to try their hands at the land risk-free, Carpe Diem Farm is also home to a farm shop, farm cafe, a classroom, a mixed orchard, greenhouses, and soon, a newly renovated cheese plant and milking room that will produce goat, sheep and cow cheeses, as well as other quality products.

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How to Start a Community Garden
Feb
4
9:30 AM09:30

How to Start a Community Garden

Durham Integrated Growers for a Sustainable Community.

This program is designed to provide information on all elements of starting a community garden. It includes an introduction to:

  • Asset Based Community Development
  • Acquiring a Site
  • Site Design
  • Resources
  • Project Funding
  • Creating the Organization

This is an opportunity to get all your questions answered and everyone is welcome! 

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Jul
23
10:00 AM10:00

5th Annual Community Garden Tour

This summer we are holding DIG’s 5th Annual Community Garden Tour on Saturday July 23rd@ 10:00am. We are excited to announce that this years tour will be a  "Community Garden Poker Run".  All participants on the tour will receive a random playing card at each garden they visit. At the end of the tour the individuals with the best poker hands will receive a gift card from various local businesses.

Prizes currently include gift cards from:

  • Archibald's Winery
  • Tyrone Mill
  • Gallery on the Farm
  • Kingsway Gardens
  • Lowe's 
  • & many more to come!

 

Feature Garden


Our feature garden stop this year will be Jay Cuthbertson’s Forest Food Garden.  Come Join us in seeing how Jay has used Permaculture principals to design this wonderful garden.

Stay tuned for more info!

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