Join us on July 27th for Acadia’s 1st Annual Garden & Art Tour featuring Acadia’s unique gardens, yards and art installations.
Tickets are on sale now through eventbrite.com.
The Details: Meet us at the Acadia Community Garden to receive your Self-Guided Tour Map. Then make your way through the neighbourhood, admiring the sights as you go. At each destination, chat with the host Gardener or Artist who will show you around and answer your questions.
Every location is unique and we don’t want you to miss a thing! Be at the Garden, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, just ahead of 9:00 am so you can start on time.
Finally, it’s all for a great cause! Proceeds will go towards Acadia Community Garden and Art Society’s annual operating costs.
We’re ridiculously excited to show you what Acadia has to offer!
Click the link, make your purchase, tell all your friends, and support our growing community.
See you in The Garden!
Join us on July 25th for Acadia’s 1st Annual Garden & Art Tour featuring Acadia’s unique gardens, yards and art installations.
Tickets are on sale now through eventbrite.com.
The Details: Meet us at the Acadia Community Garden to receive your Self-Guided Tour Map. Then make your way through the neighbourhood, admiring the sights as you go. At each destination, chat with the host Gardener or Artist who will show you around and answer your questions.
Every location is unique and we don’t want you to miss a thing! If you don’t catch them all on Thursday, July 25th, try again on the morning of Saturday, July 27th.
Finally, it’s all for a great cause! Proceeds will go towards Acadia Community Garden and Art Society’s annual operating costs.
We’re ridiculously excited to show you what Acadia has to offer!
Click the link, make your purchase, tell all your friends, and support our growing community.
See you in The Garden!
Water-Wise Gardening
Whether you call them water-wise, drought-smart, or xeric, methods of gardening that contribute to the conservation of water are essential to ecosystem preservation on a global level. Let’s face it, we’re seeing an increase in the desertification of land and freshwater rationing in many parts of the world. The writing is on the wall and we’re going to have to learn to embrace techniques to save this precious resource before it’s too late.
Fortunately, as gardeners, this is well within our grasp. Continue reading “Hello Acadia- January Issue”
Happy New Year Everyone!
On this very snowy January 1st, after you’ve shovelled your walk, and perhaps your neighbour’s too, why not kick back with a cup of coffee/tea/nog, grab a nearby gardening book, and settle in for a nice day’s read.
What sort of book will you choose? The latest gardening magazine? The seed catalogues that might be piling up around you? Perhaps you’ll delve into permaculture, explore cottage gardens, or plan to graft a franken-apple tree (please do this!) Continue reading “Happy New Year with Xeriscaping”
On May 7th, 2016, the hard work of our amazing Build Lead, Andy Poldaas paid off! Continue reading “Community Sign Post”
Are you interested in becoming involved with an arts orientated, community grassroots organization? Are you good with people, love to connect like minded individuals, and have a passion for gardening? Continue reading “Call For Board: Volunteer Coordinator”
Symptoms & Signs: you’ll notice a zillion little squiggly lines on the bark (that’s the scale the bug hides underneath) and if it’s extreme, parts of your hedge may not develop leaves, or worse yet, die altogether. Continue reading “Now is the perfect time to inspect your Cotoneaster hedges for the dreaded Oystershell scale”
