Mandatory Meeting

We will be having a mandatory meeting for plot owners next Sunday, July 25th at 5pm in the garden.
We need to divide some tasks to make sure that all the communal plants get watered regularly by everyone. Also we have soil that needs to be put in the plots that are empty. This and much more will be discussed.

See you there!

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Thank You!

We would like to thank Brother Nature Organic Seeds for their great contribution to the Esquimalt Community Gardens. We greatly appreciate all the organic plants that were recently donated (including sweet peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes)!
If you would like more information on the locally based organic company please visit their website at www.brothernature.ca

Finally Gardening

We got water!
we finally got water yesterday and we assigned the plots this morning. All members can now start planting their plants.
We got 2 "welcome" organic tomato plants in all the plots, and hope all will enjoy the tomatoes in the end of the summer/ or in the fall.
We are hoping to get the fence sometime next week, and then the composers can go in the garden for everyone's scraps. Educational workshops will soon be planned for winter gardening and other things members might be interested in (if you have a preference or any suggestions please let us know). We will need volunteers to organize those so let us know if you can help out and when.
Also we still have a few plots available. Please express your interest via email. I hate to see any plots empty.

Come down to see ho people are utilizing their plots so fast!