Events September 29th 2018 Parkdale Harvest Festival 14:00 to 20:30 Greenest City and 100 Thousand Poets for Change bring you a Harvest Festival with community arts, poetry, seed saving, storytelling, videos and a potluck.Saturday, September 29 2:00-8:30 pmMasaryk Cowan Park220 Cowan Ave.FREE! > September 29th 2018 Seed Voyage Backyard Meet and Greet 10:00 to 12:00 Saturday September 29, 10:00-12:00179 Ellerslie Ave,... > September 27th 2018 Building Roots Harvest Party 18:00 to 20:00 Building Roots is hosting our third Harvest Party in Ashbridge Estate on September 27th at 6PM, and we want you to join us at this beautiful site, in celebrating gardens that are giving so much food for the Moss Park community through our Market.We will have yummy snacks from NishDish, a few short speeches from our partners including an archeologist from Heritage who will be bringing artifacts from the site and you will be able to pick and take home greens and seeds from the gardens like last year. More details and RSVP can be found here: > September 21st 2018 Open House and Corn Roast 12:00 to 13:15 University Health Network is hosting an open house and corn roast to showcase our "GROW: Garden Rehab- On Wheels" program which benefits the patients and staff of Toronto Rehab's Bickle Centre for Complex Continuing Care.Friday September 21, 12:00-1:15pm130 Dunn... > September 16th 2018 Afro-Indigenous Food Security Festival 12:00 to 20:00 De-Colonize Your PaletteSunday, September 16 12:00-8:00Downsview ParkHealth food seminars, clean food cafe, Afro-Caribbean market, children's... > September 16th 2018 City Cider 12:00 to 17:00 Not Far From The Tree invites you to picnic on the lush lawns of Spadina Museum surrounded by gardens, enjoy a hard cider bar from Ontario Cideries, listen to local music, and enjoy a wide variety of lawn games and kids activities (tree rapelling included!). We also invite you to join us in hand-pressing over 500 lbs of apples to turn them into delicious fresh cider. All tickets include a free tour of the Spadina Museum. All proceeds from City Cider support Not Far From The Tree's fruit picking and sharing program. TICKETS$10 online, $15 at gateFREE for children 12 and under > September 16th 2018 Cedarvale Open Garden 11:00 to 13:00 We're hosting an "Open Garden" event (rather than an open house) to showcase the bountiful garden we have created in Cedarvale Park. Gardeners will be on hand to show you through the garden, identify some unusual veggies and herbs we're growing. We'll also have some refreshments. It's all free!Sunday, September 1611:00 am -1:00 pmCedarvale Park443 Arlington Ave (north of the baseball diamond and tennis courts) > September 16th 2018 Toronto Garlic Festival 09:00 to 17:00 8th Annual Toronto Garlic FestivalOntario farmers sell heirloom garlic & local chefs cook with Ontario garlic, plus live music, film screenings, Speakers' Corner, cooking demos, and beer & wine.Sunday Sept 16, 2018 9:00 am - 5:00 pmArtscape Wychwood Barns 601 Christie St at St Clair Ave West$5 Admission > September 15th 2018 Parkdale Community Garden Tour 14:00 to 17:00 Tour 3 of Parkdale's community gardens in full harvest. Get a closer look at Best in GrowTO competitors during the Urban Agriculture Week September 8-16, 2018 Saturday, September 15 2 pm – 5 pmStarting at West Lodge Community Garden 165 Lansdowne... > September 15th 2018 Picnic at Edible Allan Gardens 12:00 to 14:00 Building Roots will be celebrating Urban Agriculture Week with a Fall Harvest Festival showing off beautiful demonstration of urban ag in a park: Edible Allan Gardens! We'll be hosting brief speakers, a tour of the gardens, and a chance to pick your own herbs to garnish your lunch. Bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy a picnic in the space. Everyone welcome! Saturday, September 15 12 pm – 2 pmEntrance through a gate on the northwest side of Allan Gardens Park near Jarvis St. Free.@BuildingRootsTO #BuildingRoots... > September 15th 2018 Garden session at Access Alliance APOD Rooftop Garden 10:00 to 12:00 Visit the vegetable and native plant gardens on the Green Roof and experience the pollinators inhabiting our audio bee cabinet. Learn more about green initiatives at the Community Health Centre and enjoy an abundant oasis of local food and herbs, skill building and community engagement amid the apartment towers. The weekly garden group is specially offering a one-day open house for members of the public to drop by in celebration of Urban Ag Week.Saturday, September 15 10:00 am - 12:00 pm3079 Danforth Ave (east of Victoria... > September 15th 2018 UA Week at Evergreen Brickworks 10:00 to 15:00 From Indigenous medicines, heirloom corn and honey to tomatoes and tilapia, you’ll be surprised at what cities can grow. Tours of the gardens on site by Brother Nature. Ripple Farms will also be giving tours of their aquaponics system. Evergreen Garden Market showcasing products to get you started on your own garden. Event is free and open to the public.Saturday, September 15 10 am – 3 pmMud Creek Terrace Evergreen Brick Works550 Bayview Ave.https://www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-brick-works/ > September 14th 2018 Malvern Harvest Festival 15:30 to 18:30 The Malvern Food Security Work Group in partnership with Toronto Urban Growers are hosting the annual Malvern Harvest Festival at Neilson Park!Friday, September 14 3:30-6:30 pmNeilson Park 1555 Neilson Rd.Join us for a fun-filled evening of activities, games and live food demos. Enjoy our freshly made organic harvest soup, take a tour of our Neilson Community Garden! Best of all...our festival is FREE! FREE tickets are available on Eventbrite.com!For more information, contact 416-284-4184 ext.220 > September 14th 2018 Tours of Rooftop Garden at U of T Scarborough Edible Campus All day The IC Rooftop Garden, a 38 square metre (410 square foot), is a multi-use space for meditation, relaxation, meetings, social gatherings and for teaching and learning how to grow food. Visit the rooftop garden and taste what grows there!Friday, September 1410:00-12:00 & 2:00-4:001095 Military Trail4th floor of the Instructional Centre (room# IC400G). See website for map. Wheelchair accessible > Start on September 14th 2018 Mitigating Climate Change through Regenerative Soil Works End on September 16th 2018 INTRO TO PERMACULTURE DESIGN, SEPT 14-16MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH REGENERATIVE SOIL WORKS:A Design-It-Forward Workshop in Caledon, ON. **Limited Spaces Remaining**Join Garden Jane and Whole Village to learn and practice using permaculture principles.SPECIAL FOCUSWe’ll have a special focus on soils, with the aim of engaging in how to co-design practical and regenerative “solutions” to climate change in a tangible way for each participant. We’ll move from patterns to details, designing projects (or aspects of them) that move us and that motivate us all to take them forward. Note that this is personal and social work, as much as it is design work and earth... > September 13th 2018 Dinner at the Black Creek Community Farm: A Night of Culinary Enchantment 18:00 to 21:00 Thursday, September 13 6:00 - 9:00 pm 4929 Jane St. Combine premier chefs from across Toronto, add generous amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables from a bountiful local harvest, blend in live music, twinkling lights and mix with a pinch of al fresco dining and what do you have? The delicious recipe for a one-of-a-kind fundraiser in support of Black Creek Community Farm. > September 13th 2018 Rooftop Garden Tour at South Riverdale CHC 10:30 to 14:00 Visit the beautiful volunteer-run rooftop garden on the 4th floor deck of the health centre. Open to the Public. Free.Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:30 am – 2 pm955 Queen Street East (Queen East/Carlaw Ave.) South RiverdaleIf any questions, contact Melissa at (416) 461-1925 ext. 253 or mcoife@srchc.com > Start on September 13th 2018 Fresh City Farms Farmers’ Market Stand End on September 15th 2018 Can’t get up to the Downsview Park farm? Visit the new Fresh City Farms store on Ossington Ave. Thursday Sept 13 4pm to 8pm Friday Sept 14 4pm to 8pm Saturday Sept 15 11am to 3pm111 Ossington Ave. https://www.freshcityfarms.com/locations > Start on September 12th 2018 @ 14:00 Toronto Food Policy Council Community Meeting End on September 11th 2018 @ 17:00 The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is a leader on supporting urban and near-urban agriculture on TRCA lands. Hear some of the insights they learned from researching UA programs worldwide. Event is free, everyone is welcome! Tuesday, September 11 2 pm – 5 pm Toronto City Hall100 Queen St. West > September 11th 2018 Greenest City Potluck and Seed Saving Workshop 17:30 to 19:30 Share good food and learn how to preserve your favourite seeds for next year’s garden. Co-presented with Toronto Urban Growers and Toronto Seed Library. Tuesday, Sept. 11 5:30-7:30 pmHOPE GardenMasaryk-Cowan Park220 Cowan Ave. > September 9th 2018 U Pick and Tour @ Downsview with Fresh City Farms 10:00 to 13:00 A farm just off the subway? That’s us. Come check out our operating city farm and pick your own veggies! Our farmers will greet you, give you a quick tour, and give you the run down on what and how to pick.U... > September 9th 2018 Paddle the Humber River 10:00 to 16:00 Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), in partnership with the City of Toronto, will host this free full day event at Etienne Brule Park. Celebrate its history, enjoy a day full of activities including a local farmers’ market, and safely paddle the Humber River with boating equipment and safety professionals on site. Also fun family games and activities, live entertainment and nature and heritage hikes and community information stations.Free. 10:00am to 4:00pmEtienne Brule Park13 Crosby... > September 8th 2018 Ojibiikaan Harvest Festival 14:00 to 17:00 Come celebrate the harvest of Mohawk Red Flint Corn and Cherokee Trail of Tears beans and enjoy a tasting of 3 Sisters Stew.2:00-5:00 pmAshbridges Estate1334 Queen St E(east of Greenwood, north side of Queen) > September 8th 2018 GrowTO Fair 11:00 to 17:00 Join Toronto Urban Growers and CRC Regent Park Community Food Centre as we launch Urban Ag Week with vendors of urban-grown products, info tables and demonstrations for the DIY urban grower, the Best in GrowTO Contest and garden tours. Saturday, Sept 8 11:00-5:00Regent Park, 620 Dundas St E.For more details about the GrowTO Fair, see >
September 29th 2018 Parkdale Harvest Festival 14:00 to 20:30 Greenest City and 100 Thousand Poets for Change bring you a Harvest Festival with community arts, poetry, seed saving, storytelling, videos and a potluck.Saturday, September 29 2:00-8:30 pmMasaryk Cowan Park220 Cowan Ave.FREE! >
September 29th 2018 Seed Voyage Backyard Meet and Greet 10:00 to 12:00 Saturday September 29, 10:00-12:00179 Ellerslie Ave,... >
September 27th 2018 Building Roots Harvest Party 18:00 to 20:00 Building Roots is hosting our third Harvest Party in Ashbridge Estate on September 27th at 6PM, and we want you to join us at this beautiful site, in celebrating gardens that are giving so much food for the Moss Park community through our Market.We will have yummy snacks from NishDish, a few short speeches from our partners including an archeologist from Heritage who will be bringing artifacts from the site and you will be able to pick and take home greens and seeds from the gardens like last year. More details and RSVP can be found here: >
September 21st 2018 Open House and Corn Roast 12:00 to 13:15 University Health Network is hosting an open house and corn roast to showcase our "GROW: Garden Rehab- On Wheels" program which benefits the patients and staff of Toronto Rehab's Bickle Centre for Complex Continuing Care.Friday September 21, 12:00-1:15pm130 Dunn... >
September 16th 2018 Afro-Indigenous Food Security Festival 12:00 to 20:00 De-Colonize Your PaletteSunday, September 16 12:00-8:00Downsview ParkHealth food seminars, clean food cafe, Afro-Caribbean market, children's... >
September 16th 2018 City Cider 12:00 to 17:00 Not Far From The Tree invites you to picnic on the lush lawns of Spadina Museum surrounded by gardens, enjoy a hard cider bar from Ontario Cideries, listen to local music, and enjoy a wide variety of lawn games and kids activities (tree rapelling included!). We also invite you to join us in hand-pressing over 500 lbs of apples to turn them into delicious fresh cider. All tickets include a free tour of the Spadina Museum. All proceeds from City Cider support Not Far From The Tree's fruit picking and sharing program. TICKETS$10 online, $15 at gateFREE for children 12 and under >
September 16th 2018 Cedarvale Open Garden 11:00 to 13:00 We're hosting an "Open Garden" event (rather than an open house) to showcase the bountiful garden we have created in Cedarvale Park. Gardeners will be on hand to show you through the garden, identify some unusual veggies and herbs we're growing. We'll also have some refreshments. It's all free!Sunday, September 1611:00 am -1:00 pmCedarvale Park443 Arlington Ave (north of the baseball diamond and tennis courts) >
September 16th 2018 Toronto Garlic Festival 09:00 to 17:00 8th Annual Toronto Garlic FestivalOntario farmers sell heirloom garlic & local chefs cook with Ontario garlic, plus live music, film screenings, Speakers' Corner, cooking demos, and beer & wine.Sunday Sept 16, 2018 9:00 am - 5:00 pmArtscape Wychwood Barns 601 Christie St at St Clair Ave West$5 Admission >
September 15th 2018 Parkdale Community Garden Tour 14:00 to 17:00 Tour 3 of Parkdale's community gardens in full harvest. Get a closer look at Best in GrowTO competitors during the Urban Agriculture Week September 8-16, 2018 Saturday, September 15 2 pm – 5 pmStarting at West Lodge Community Garden 165 Lansdowne... >
September 15th 2018 Picnic at Edible Allan Gardens 12:00 to 14:00 Building Roots will be celebrating Urban Agriculture Week with a Fall Harvest Festival showing off beautiful demonstration of urban ag in a park: Edible Allan Gardens! We'll be hosting brief speakers, a tour of the gardens, and a chance to pick your own herbs to garnish your lunch. Bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy a picnic in the space. Everyone welcome! Saturday, September 15 12 pm – 2 pmEntrance through a gate on the northwest side of Allan Gardens Park near Jarvis St. Free.@BuildingRootsTO #BuildingRoots... >
September 15th 2018 Garden session at Access Alliance APOD Rooftop Garden 10:00 to 12:00 Visit the vegetable and native plant gardens on the Green Roof and experience the pollinators inhabiting our audio bee cabinet. Learn more about green initiatives at the Community Health Centre and enjoy an abundant oasis of local food and herbs, skill building and community engagement amid the apartment towers. The weekly garden group is specially offering a one-day open house for members of the public to drop by in celebration of Urban Ag Week.Saturday, September 15 10:00 am - 12:00 pm3079 Danforth Ave (east of Victoria... >
September 15th 2018 UA Week at Evergreen Brickworks 10:00 to 15:00 From Indigenous medicines, heirloom corn and honey to tomatoes and tilapia, you’ll be surprised at what cities can grow. Tours of the gardens on site by Brother Nature. Ripple Farms will also be giving tours of their aquaponics system. Evergreen Garden Market showcasing products to get you started on your own garden. Event is free and open to the public.Saturday, September 15 10 am – 3 pmMud Creek Terrace Evergreen Brick Works550 Bayview Ave.https://www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-brick-works/ >
September 14th 2018 Malvern Harvest Festival 15:30 to 18:30 The Malvern Food Security Work Group in partnership with Toronto Urban Growers are hosting the annual Malvern Harvest Festival at Neilson Park!Friday, September 14 3:30-6:30 pmNeilson Park 1555 Neilson Rd.Join us for a fun-filled evening of activities, games and live food demos. Enjoy our freshly made organic harvest soup, take a tour of our Neilson Community Garden! Best of all...our festival is FREE! FREE tickets are available on Eventbrite.com!For more information, contact 416-284-4184 ext.220 >
September 14th 2018 Tours of Rooftop Garden at U of T Scarborough Edible Campus All day The IC Rooftop Garden, a 38 square metre (410 square foot), is a multi-use space for meditation, relaxation, meetings, social gatherings and for teaching and learning how to grow food. Visit the rooftop garden and taste what grows there!Friday, September 1410:00-12:00 & 2:00-4:001095 Military Trail4th floor of the Instructional Centre (room# IC400G). See website for map. Wheelchair accessible >
Start on September 14th 2018 Mitigating Climate Change through Regenerative Soil Works End on September 16th 2018 INTRO TO PERMACULTURE DESIGN, SEPT 14-16MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH REGENERATIVE SOIL WORKS:A Design-It-Forward Workshop in Caledon, ON. **Limited Spaces Remaining**Join Garden Jane and Whole Village to learn and practice using permaculture principles.SPECIAL FOCUSWe’ll have a special focus on soils, with the aim of engaging in how to co-design practical and regenerative “solutions” to climate change in a tangible way for each participant. We’ll move from patterns to details, designing projects (or aspects of them) that move us and that motivate us all to take them forward. Note that this is personal and social work, as much as it is design work and earth... >
September 13th 2018 Dinner at the Black Creek Community Farm: A Night of Culinary Enchantment 18:00 to 21:00 Thursday, September 13 6:00 - 9:00 pm 4929 Jane St. Combine premier chefs from across Toronto, add generous amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables from a bountiful local harvest, blend in live music, twinkling lights and mix with a pinch of al fresco dining and what do you have? The delicious recipe for a one-of-a-kind fundraiser in support of Black Creek Community Farm. >
September 13th 2018 Rooftop Garden Tour at South Riverdale CHC 10:30 to 14:00 Visit the beautiful volunteer-run rooftop garden on the 4th floor deck of the health centre. Open to the Public. Free.Thursday, September 13, 2018 10:30 am – 2 pm955 Queen Street East (Queen East/Carlaw Ave.) South RiverdaleIf any questions, contact Melissa at (416) 461-1925 ext. 253 or mcoife@srchc.com >
Start on September 13th 2018 Fresh City Farms Farmers’ Market Stand End on September 15th 2018 Can’t get up to the Downsview Park farm? Visit the new Fresh City Farms store on Ossington Ave. Thursday Sept 13 4pm to 8pm Friday Sept 14 4pm to 8pm Saturday Sept 15 11am to 3pm111 Ossington Ave. https://www.freshcityfarms.com/locations >
Start on September 12th 2018 @ 14:00 Toronto Food Policy Council Community Meeting End on September 11th 2018 @ 17:00 The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is a leader on supporting urban and near-urban agriculture on TRCA lands. Hear some of the insights they learned from researching UA programs worldwide. Event is free, everyone is welcome! Tuesday, September 11 2 pm – 5 pm Toronto City Hall100 Queen St. West >
September 11th 2018 Greenest City Potluck and Seed Saving Workshop 17:30 to 19:30 Share good food and learn how to preserve your favourite seeds for next year’s garden. Co-presented with Toronto Urban Growers and Toronto Seed Library. Tuesday, Sept. 11 5:30-7:30 pmHOPE GardenMasaryk-Cowan Park220 Cowan Ave. >
September 9th 2018 U Pick and Tour @ Downsview with Fresh City Farms 10:00 to 13:00 A farm just off the subway? That’s us. Come check out our operating city farm and pick your own veggies! Our farmers will greet you, give you a quick tour, and give you the run down on what and how to pick.U... >
September 9th 2018 Paddle the Humber River 10:00 to 16:00 Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), in partnership with the City of Toronto, will host this free full day event at Etienne Brule Park. Celebrate its history, enjoy a day full of activities including a local farmers’ market, and safely paddle the Humber River with boating equipment and safety professionals on site. Also fun family games and activities, live entertainment and nature and heritage hikes and community information stations.Free. 10:00am to 4:00pmEtienne Brule Park13 Crosby... >
September 8th 2018 Ojibiikaan Harvest Festival 14:00 to 17:00 Come celebrate the harvest of Mohawk Red Flint Corn and Cherokee Trail of Tears beans and enjoy a tasting of 3 Sisters Stew.2:00-5:00 pmAshbridges Estate1334 Queen St E(east of Greenwood, north side of Queen) >
September 8th 2018 GrowTO Fair 11:00 to 17:00 Join Toronto Urban Growers and CRC Regent Park Community Food Centre as we launch Urban Ag Week with vendors of urban-grown products, info tables and demonstrations for the DIY urban grower, the Best in GrowTO Contest and garden tours. Saturday, Sept 8 11:00-5:00Regent Park, 620 Dundas St E.For more details about the GrowTO Fair, see >
