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posted July 13, 2007
Edward Bhim - Life After Stroke
"Me in the garden...."
Edward Bhim has been a member of the Perth Dupont Community Garden since 2007. He has always worked hard on his garden to make it look nice and to be productive. Always ready to learn more about the plants and techniques of gardening, he has become an valued asset to the garden. His friendliness, charm and warmth has made him endeared to all the other gardeners.
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Despite the stroke he suffered more that six years ago, he has become stronger. He has good leadership skills, and in 2010, when the community garden instituted the Team System of delegated work, I confidently assigned him a position of Team Leader for the Maintenance team.
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Edward Bhim's leadership skills go beyond just the Garden. He was requested to give a speech to other stroke survivors. The following information is his speech:
Gardener Stories - about Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar joined the Perth Dupont community Garden in 2009. We didn't have a plot for him at the time, but he didn't mind volunteering. During the Fall clean Up event in November, he helped dig out the pathway that would be used for our raised garden Bed. Hard worker that he is, he also filled in the limestone screening that would support the patio tiles for the walkway.
But in his spare time he is training for a long-distance bicycle ride. He decided to ride in America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride this year at Lake Tahoe.
Find out why Javed joined Team in Training, and about his goal to take part in America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride at Lake Tahoe! read more.
posted August 06, 2008
Symmetry Films and Films of "Water for Africa"
Jordan McTavish is one of our former gardeners, he was involved in our community garden since the beginning of the 2007 season.
Symmetry Films is the fun work he does "on a rainy day". He makes movies and has just received a grant from Corus Entertainment to write a horror/western feature set during the Klondike gold rush! As well, production on Time Lapse Toronto has begun with new webisodes to be released online in October 2008!
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His adventure in 2009 was to go to Africa with Lifewater Canada to film their visit to build a water system for a village.
"You can see my videos from Africa on my website in the 'filmography' section. I chose to put together several short format videos rather than a feature documentary, partially for client needs, partially because I need more footage. It was an amazing experience, no doubt, and in time I will be releasing another short video of the garden that one of the Cdn volunteers initiated. Not sure when I'll be able to get to that, but it will be pretty interesting..."
click here to see his videos that he made, look for the box that says Lifewater Canada
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Since 2006, SymmetryFilms has produced volumes of photography and video media; We have branded ourselves on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and on our own website, SymmetryFilms.com; We are also a YouTube partner, and active on a variety of media websites. Doppelganger (Co-Produced with Soop Kitchen Productions) is festival bound and both Doppelganger and Do I Come On Too Strong (Co-Produced with Alchemy Films) will air on Bravo in spring 2010! All this plus, BEACHHEAD: A War Epic... is now available in HD!
they are also developing a feature western-horror, The Devil in the Dead and are in pre-production/development for BRIDGEHHEAD: The Epic Continues...
Website:www.symmetryfilms.com
posted September 17, 2008
Cecilia Macaulay From Australia
Dear Susan, Its lovely to hear from you again. The guy who got the job is happy and well and shaking things up at Fuji Eco-park, japan. It would be great, it would really encorage him, if you had a look at his new blog, and gave some comments. Maybe we will see you at fuji ecopark in the future.
If you ever need balcony gardening advice, don't hesitate to write! I need pics of inspiring places, so need to help people to get them.
The more we network, the richer our lives become.
all the best, Cecilia
www.balconyofdreams.blogspot.com
www.flickr.com/photos/cecilia_macaulay/
Ringos Permaculture Blog from Japan
http://www.ringospermaculture.blogspot.com/
Permaculture is:
· An ethical design system for creating sustainable human culture.
· The conscious design of cultivated ecosystems that have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural environments
· A system that neither exploits nor pollutes: instead it provides for the harmonious integration of individuals into the landscape in such a way that the land grows in richness, productivity and aesthetic beauty.
· The design of homes, farms and towns modeled on the intricately balanced relationships seen in the natural world.
Winter Blues Newsletter
Adam Giambrone with 2 members
of the families affected by the fire.
In times of need, we often look to our neighbours for support. That was the case again in the South Junction neighbourhood, where residents organized a fundraiser for families involved in the fire that took place on Franklin Avenue in early January, but it was also an opportunity for friends to get out of the house, have some fun and try to “Beat the Winter Blues”.
Some of the gardeners
helped with the organization of this event.
Other members of the community
that helped with this fundraiser.
The fundraiser, held at Davenport Perth Community Church, was organized by folks from the community who, after hearing that Councillor Adam Giambrone had set up a trust fund for the victims of the fire, asked if there was something more the community could do.
Special people came to help with the entertainment.
News Letter Fall 2006
The Perth Dupont community Garden has been in full swing all season. Now that the fall is here, it is nice to reflect on how the summer went. We are a group of about 20 gardeners that got together to form a community garden out of the garden that the City Councillor placed here last year. Read More >>
The Stop Community Center Letter
To the gardeners at the Perth Dupont community garden.
Congratulation on a beautiful and successful community garden! It sounds like you have taken an unused, drab space and brought it to life for every one in the neighbourhood.
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posted August 05, 2007
Starting The Garden
The Perth Dupont Community Garden is made up of about 30 gardeners. We are a multi-cultural group - single people, and families, with ethnic and lifestyle diversity. We have 22 plots, most of them are 10' x 20', but a few are 10' x 10'. Plot 19 is our charity plot. We have a tool shed of course, and a collection of garden tools. We have the Front Flower Bed, and the Butterfly Garden in the back. We also have the Alkaline Garden near the tennis courts. By the season end of 2007 we plan to finish a raised garden bed. Read More >>
Youth Green Squad
The young people from the H.O.P.E. garden came to help out in the sharing garden back in July 2007. They helped us harvest some of the produce like beets and broccoli greens and some herbs. They also helped transplant and thin out some of the other things growing in the garden like the onions and leeks.
We placed the harvested produce into buckets of cold water, a technique I learned from them, to help the food stay fresh until we are able it deliver it. We had a refreshing Vegetarian snack and fruit juice too, to give us energy.
After that, we packed the food into boxes and bags, and with the wagon in tow, we went up to the Stop to deliver it. 55 pounds of good organic vegetables and herbs.
Watch a movie about Youth Green Squad visiting the Perth Dupont Community Garden
Pottery Collection
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:Alison is shown here with her pottery at the Big on Bloor event June 21 2008
Watch a video about Pottery by Alison Urquhart
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