Toronto has a wealth of growers who know how grow everything from okra to communities to innovative local food businesses. Many of these people, coming from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, are well-known in their own neighbourhoods but not heard elsewhere in the city. TUG hopes to change that! See our collection of photo essays and videos – and check out our YouTube channel).
Two gardeners share tips on growing their favourite vegetables and battling groundhogs.
An agriculturalist from Bangladesh demonstrates two for one vegetable grafting and bottle gourds in a hydro corridor allotment garden.
Isaac shows traditional Indigenous growing methods including clay pot watering and Three Sisters mounds.
Note: Isaac is now farming at Crosby Gitigaan.
Notes from a TUG Indigenous Culture and Urban Agriculture tour, exploring two sites that integrate Indigenous cultural traditions and growing practices for healing.
HOPE Gardener Mark Jenkins shows the steps for building a compact compost tumbler with materials you can buy at a local hardware store. Ideal for gardens with a shortage of space and strong backs!
Youtube videos
TUG worked with film company A Place in a Minute to produce three short videos asking experienced Toronto growers and organizers about their thoughts on leadership, engaging gardeners and starting up a food business.
Featuring the HOPE Garden in Parkdale and the Panorama Community Garden in Rexdale
Featuring the HOPE Garden in Parkdale and the Panorama Community Garden in Rexdale
Featuring urban farmers Jacqueline Dwyer and Noel Livingston (Black Farmers and Food Growers Collective), Sonam Yangzom (Milky Way Garden) and Debbie Nolan (Long Branch Farm).
For more videos on community gardens and urban farming, see the TUG YouTube Channel.
Toronto Urban Growers 