IN THE GARDEN SHED

Come into the garden shed and look around. There are plans for building your own compost bin, a Community Garden hand book, some videos about community gardens and there might even be some tools or other equipment you have been looking for. As well. if there is something you need or would like to donate, here is the place to leave your message.

---

From the Desk of Toronto Public Health - And Available for Community Garden Leaders:

Air Quality Health Index Toolkit

.

Air pollution is associated with thousands of premature deaths and hospitalizations. In response to this, Environment Canada and Health Canada have led the development of a health-based air quality index, known as the Air Quality Health Index.

.

The Air Quality Health Index is a scale that reports the health risk associated with local air pollution levels. It reports the health-risk on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 representing the lowest risk to health. The index tells you when it is safe to exercise outdoors and provides specific health messages for people most affected by air pollution.

.

Toronto Public Health has designed an electronic Toolkit to acquaint organizations like yours with this new tool so that you may use it to plan your activities and also educate and promote it to your clients. Toronto Public Health is offering this Toolkit to you free of charge.

.

• This Toolkit includes:
  • A short film
  • Radio and web advertisements
  • Pre-written newsletter articles
  • PowerPoint presentation
  • Print resources.

.

Do you think you could make use of this Toolkit? If so, please email

Carrie at carmstrong@cleanairpartnership.org.

.

To view contents of the toolkit, please visit: www.toronto.ca/health/airquality

.

All the resources can be downloaded off our Clean Air Partnership Website at: www.cleanairpartnership.org

Request for an off leash dog area

In the Symington Avenue Playground, there is a need for an off leash area for the local pet dogs.

There is an unused area of the park that would be ideal for this.

If you are interested in having an off leash area in this park, please look at the directions below that the city requires. If you want to join the Dog Association, then please send your message of interest to:

• perthdupontdogs@gmail.com

As soon as we have five or more people interested, we will set a date for a meeting at the Perth Dupont Library and update this page.

. Read More >>

Community Gardens Tool-kit	Community Garden Handbook 2008
School Resources	Plans for Compost Bin Here is a link to great plans for a three bin composter, plus general information about composting.
Peterborough Community Garden Network The PCGN is a group of committed garden enthusiasts who work together to advocate for the increased presence of community gardens in the City & County of Peterborough. read more >>	Contact Master Gardener horticultural experts for the City of Toronto: Master Gardeners
Potatoes Read Dagmar Baur's introduction to rare and heritage potatoes and see the list of these 32 potato varieties. Find out about their various nutritional values, and how they should be planted and cooked. And don't forget their flavor!	Canning And Preserving How To Preserve the Harvest! Days of sun and nights of rain. Now, you seal the goodness in.
Golden Harvest Organics Click here for great information about organic gardening and companion planting.	Survey Monkey Answer this Survey about your Community Garden and you could win a free delivery of Compost.
Season Extension Techniques, and ColdFrames Everything you need to know to use, build, and maintain cold frames, and the gardening techniques to get something good and fresh to eat in the middle of winter!	Permaculture Blog from Japan Join "Ringo" in his Current Project: Mt Fuji Eco Park Japan. Conducting Permaculture/English Workshops
About Dagmar Baur Dagmar has been a member of the Toronto Community Garden Network (TCGN) for many years, But her love of gardening and nature go way back before the beginning of the TCGN.	Vegetable MD On line
Siloam Orchards	Seed Saver Educatore
Canada's Food Guide	Garden Guide lines and other sample documents for Community Gardens
Local Flavor Here is a virtual tour of Eating locally in Toronto for the past 125 years.	Chickens Are you interested in having chickens in your back yard or Community Garden?
Sesame Street Community Garden - Circa 1970	How To Make a Paper Seedling Pot From Recycled paper
Tapped	Dirt -The Movie
It's a Snap To Grow Beans

Community groups from my neighbourhood would also include:

Yasi's Place March 2010 Yasi's Place is a community-minded cafe committed to serving people yummy home cooked food at affordable prices. The Dupont & Spandina Corner Collective We, here at Dupont and Spadina, believe that the Annex is one of the best boroughs in the city.

The Junction Triangle Welcome to the Junction Triangle The "triangle" shape of the neighbourhood is formed by the three sets of railroad tracks on the north, west, and east sides. Fuzzy Boundaries We are a small but growing community group hoping to find a name for our west Toronto neighbourhood.

---

hosted by parkcommons.ca | powered by pmwiki-2.2.0
Content last modified on September 04, 2010, at 07:10 AM EST