We are pleased to announce the following upcoming events. Please join us!
Monday, September 11, 4 – 6 p.m. Garden Work & Learn Day Hart House Garden
Come learn the basics of vegetable gardening with a hands-on workshop. Practice what you learn and help to harvest. Enjoy the benefits of participating by rewarding your body while providing food for those in need. Harvests are distributed among volunteers and donated to the U of T Food Bank, Harvest Noon café and/or The Scott Mission’s Food Bank and meals program.
Meet us at the Arbor Room entrance on the south side of Hart House at 4 p.m. or soon thereafter.
Tuesday, September 12, 1:30 p.m. Public Launch for the Urban Agriculture Network, followed by a Campus Garden Tour New College Library, 20 Willcocks
Co-organized with Toronto Urban Growers (TUG) as part of Urban Agriculture Week Sept. 9-17
Come celebrate the Launch of Urban Agriculture week @ UofT, an exciting week of food and community building that will culminate with Mayor Tory’s announcement of September 15th as Urban Agriculture day in Toronto.
On Sept. 12, 2017, the D.G Ivey Library at New College will welcome the general public to attend an official launch of a unique and rare collection of Urban Agriculture literature. This collection was the legacy of the late urban agriculture pioneer Jac Smit and includes diverse literature from around the world.
After perusing the collection, grab some refreshments, your walking shoes and we will go on a tour of urban agriculture initiatives across the St. George campus.
Light refreshments available. Click here for further details!
Please register as soon as possible as space is limited:
Tours will include the following stops (Approx 2 hours):
1) The Sky Garden
2) The Anthropology garden and greenhouse
3) The Aquaponic demo system
4)Â Sydney Smith intensive garden
5)Â The Huron-Sussex Community garden
6)Â University of Toronto Student Union garden
7) Gardens at Hart House
For more information on urban agriculture day and exciting events please check the following websites:
Urban Ag Day:Â https://uadayto.wordpress.com/
Toronto Urban Growers:Â http://torontourbangrowers.org/
Toronto Food Policy Council:Â http://tfpc.to/tag/urban-agriculture
New College:Â http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/