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!
Please join us for the upcoming annual general meeting so we can get to know you this 2017!
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Date: Monday, April 10, 2017
Place: Calgary Co-op Macleod Trail, Community Room (upstairs) 8818 Macleod Trail SE
Everyone is welcome – friends of the garden, past, current or interested gardeners, volunteers or anyone who is curious about us.
Hope to see you there!
Acadia Garden and Art Society, Board of Directors
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”
(photo taken from the City of Calgary website, see link below)
If you have a Mayday, Schubert’s Choke Cherry, or any other tree/shrub from the Prunus family, you’re likely familiar with the Black Knot Fungus issue in Calgary. It’s ugly, it spreads quickly, and it looks like cat poop on a stick (cannot be unseen)!
It’s easy to see now that the branches are bare so once you spot it, it’s time to act.
Continue reading “Cat Poop on a Stick”
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!”
I’m going to tell you a story.
I live in a city where people often don’t know their neighbours. I’m not sure that’s a point of pride for most, we are still prairie folk after all (that means generally friendly, for those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of living on the prairies). No, I think it’s because we’re a busy city. There’s hustle and there’s bustle. Continue reading “I’m going to tell you a story- Open Letter from Acadia Garden and Art Society”
The Acadia Garden and Art Society is currently looking for a fundraising coordinator to add to our board of directors. This position would require the individual to be the main contact for all the vital fundraising efforts that make our progress possible. Continue reading “Call for Board: Fundraising Coordinator”
On May 7th, 2016, the hard work of our amazing Build Lead, Andy Poldaas paid off! Continue reading “Community Sign Post”
It’s very easy to start seeds in your home, provided you have a few key ingredients. Continue reading “Starting seeds indoors”
