Dear friends, This past year has been a remarkable journey of friendship, collaboration and community for our group. Together we have grown native plants from seed, exchanged them with each other and donated half to 13 remarkable projects featured in this blog as well as countless smaller ones that never got the publicity they deserved. […]
Location: 14 Ruskin Ave, Toronto, ON M6P 3P8 This project at Perth JPS is yet another example of the wonderful outcomes even one passionate gardener can accomplish. You may recall Nancy’s lovely project at Shirley St. JPS. This is the second project she took on this past year. Nancy was placed as an Early Childhood […]
Location: 150 Kilgour Rd, East York, ON M4G 1R8 As the growing season was coming to an end, fellow Project Swallowtail Block Ambassador Echo and I were talking about possible projects where we could use our remaining seedlings when I decided to reach out to Shannon at HBKRH to see if their gardens could use […]
151 Brimwood Blvd, Scarborough, ON M1V – October 8, 2023 If you have been following this blog, you are probably familiar with Brimwood Blvd JPS and the amazing teachers that are engaging children in the resurrected native plant garden there. A native plant garden had been started in the grounds next to the school by […]
Location: 38 Shirley St, Toronto, ON M6K 1S9 To say that Nancy is a force of nature would be an understatement, so I’d like to take this post to introduce you to One of TWO projects which have flourished through the hard work and passion of our very own Nancy. The native plant gardens at […]