Mayor "pumpkin cutting" (instead of ribbon cutting) at the grand opening of Esq. Community Garden

On behalf of the Community Garden, we would like to thank everyone that came out today to the winter gardening workshop.
We would like to thank you for helping us clean up the site and fix the composters in preparation for our public event of pumpkin carving on the 22nd.
Also we would like to thank Robin for her donation of raspberry bushes that she plated all along our lonely fence.

In preparation for the public event, we also ask the plot members that did not attend the workshop to clean up their plot of all the dead tomato plants and other things that have passed their due date.
Also, we would like to ask you to carve a pumpkin and place it on your empty plot so it doesn't look too empty (since most of us don't have plant shooting out of the ground just yet). We need a volunteer/s to carve three pumpkins- two for the two small plots in the entrance and one for the high school in the back. Make sure to place the pumpkins on the plot before Friday the 22nd. Please e-mail us back if you can help us out.

Have a great evening and hopefully we will see you on October 22nd at 10am.

6th Annual Pumpkin Smash ~ November 6th and 7th

The scariest thing about Halloween is the amount of jack-o-lanterns that end up in the landfill. Keep your pumpkins out of the trash and join us for our 6th annual Pumpkin Smash! Bring your family and friends, and of course your pumpkins, and join us for Tombstone Tipping and other family games to help us raise awareness for composting! Last year we managed to divert over 13 tonnes of jack-o-lanterns from the landfill – let’s see if we can beat that this year!
The event will be held November 6th and 7th from 10am to 3pm each day.
Cloverdale - Thrifty Foods (3475 Quadra Street) : Saturday, November 6th
Fairfield - Thrifty Foods (1590 Fairfield Road) : Saturday, November 6th
Hillside - Thrifty Foods (1580 Hillside Avenue) : Sunday, November 7th

upcoming winter workshop

We are inviting you to participate at out potluck-style winter gardening workshop.

It will be held on site, on October 16th at 1pm (about 2 hours long).

We are planning to plant garlic bulbs for the winter

Please RSVP as soon as possible so we know how many garlic bulbs to purchase (email us at esquimaltcommunitygardens@gmail.com).

Also, bring along whatever food you want to share to the garden (this is not mandatory).

Participation is by donation, suggested donation is $5-10,

Rain or shine