Jo-Jo’s Community Garden already planning for warmer weather
(PHOTO: Kids at Jo-Jo’s Community Garden, Summer 2017) You know you are a serious gardener when you’re planning for planting season while it’s -15 and snow is falling. Here’s a…
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JUNE 24: Plant a sunflower and build an insect hotel at JoJo’s Garden
(via Jo-Jo’s Community Garden) All Stittsville kids are invited to come out to the Jo-Jo’s Community Garden on Stittsville Main Street this Saturday from 10am-12pm to plant a sunflower of…
Deadline for Jo-Jo’s community garden plots is April 20
The deadline to apply for a garden plot at the new Jo-Jo’s Community Garden is Thursday, April 20. You can access an application form here. Four different sizes are available with a…
Jo-Jo’s Pizza provides land for a new community garden
Here’s another interesting project in the works for Stittsville Main Street: The Kassis family, owners of Jo-Jo’s Pizza, are partnering with a group of local volunteers to help establish a community garden…
UPDATE: Community garden to be built at Carleton Apartments
Above: Logan Primeau holds a handful of cherry tomatoes from his garden last year. It has been a few months since I announced my intention to start a community garden in…
Mayor Watson wants 20 more community gardens in next four years
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a press release from the City of Ottawa today with some great news for supporters of community gardens. In Stittsville, Kelsey Boggis-da Silva has been pushing for a new community garden in…
Algonquin student plants the seeds for a community garden
Algonquin College student Kelsey Boggis-da Silva wants everyone in Stittsville to have the opportunity to start a garden, even if they don’t have enough room in the backyard, or any yard…