Grant Contest Deadline October 10th, Vote Now!

Enrichment of the Native Plant & Pollinator Garden:

Worldwide, pollinator populations are in decline. At the Acadia Community Garden & Art Society, we’ve made it a priority to raise awareness around this issue by creating a pollinator-friendly habitat and growing space for all of our neighbours, whether they walk on 6 legs or 2.  Continue reading “Grant Contest Deadline October 10th, Vote Now!”

Multicultural Upick beds

Multicultural Upick Beds – Growing Together

The theme this year is the Philippines! We are excited to start researching plants that might grow in both Calgary and the Philippines, and ideas of what can be grown in Calgary as substitutes for plants commonly found in Philippine cooking. We also are collecting trivia, history, recipes, etc on all things Filipino to share on social media, our community bulletin board and website.  If you have ideas, thoughts, tidbits to share please send them toinfo@growingacadia.ca  or join in the conversations that will be starting on social media.  We are also looking for volunteers to maintain these community upick beds.