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Events and Updates From The Garden
The Garden At Harvest Time On CBC TV
CBC’s show, Our Edmonton, will feature the Green & Gold Community Garden at harvest time. The show will air on CBC TV and CBC Gem on Saturday, October 1, at 10 a.m., Sunday, October 2, at noon, and Monday, October 3, at 11 a.m. You can see the teaser for the show...
Introductory Workshop On Grafting Fruit Trees
We’ll be having a series of special events this summer to celebrate the Year of the Garden. Our first event is an introductory workshop on grafting fruit trees, led by Gabe Botar. Gabe taught horticulture at the University of Alberta for many years, and created the...
West Coast Seeds Fundraiser 2022
Hello Green and Gold Garden Supporters - and Happy New Year! We have great news to start the new year - once again, we have been selected to participate in West Coast Seeds’ annual seeds fundraiser. This gives you the chance to order your vegetable, flower and herb...
Letter From Tubahumurize
We received a lovely letter of thanks from Jeanne Mwiliriza, Founder and Coordinator at Tubahumurize Association, before Christmas. We wanted to share it with everyone, because all of you - our customers, volunteers, contributors and donors - are integral to our...
GREEN & GOLD GARDEN ANNUAL NEWSLETTER 2021
Our end of the year newsletter for 2021 is attached below! It was a year of challenges and successes! Get all the details about our new gardening system, our partnerships, and fundraisers this past season.
Rwandan Handicrafts At Just One World Market
Many of you are familiar with the gorgeous Rwandan crafts that are sold at the Green & Gold Garden throughout the summer. With the end of our Garden season, we wanted to let you know that we will be participating in the “Just One World” holiday sale on Saturday,...
West Coast Seeds Fundraiser
This year we are part of a seed fundraiser with West Coast Seeds! If you order seeds through their fundraising site (https://fundraising.westcoastseeds.com/collections/all) and select Green & Gold Community Garden as ‘your organization’, the Garden will receive...
Green & Gold Garden Annual Newsletter 2020
Our end of the year newsletter for 2020 is attached below! There is a lot of great information to read through, with highlights such as: Our shipment of Tubahumurize handicrafts, including eco-friendly, cotton face masks in beautiful African fabrics. All funds from...
Green & Gold Garden Selected As One Of Edmonton’s Best Gardens
The Green & Gold Community Garden has been named by Best In Edmonton as one of the city's 5 best gardens! We would like to thank Best In Edmonton for this recognition, and for everyone who recommended us! To read more and find out which other gardens made the...
Passing Of Dr. Shirley Ross
It is with profound grief and sadness that we are letting you know that Dr. Shirley Ross, a founder of the Green & Gold Community Garden, and its long-time manager and driving force, died late last week. Shirley had been receiving cancer treatment for many months,...
Green & Gold Community Garden COVID-19 Update
To all of our Green and Gold Garden supporters and friends; The snow has finally melted and, along with the warmer temperatures, we are anxious to get into the garden for our 12th season! However, with the COVID 19 pandemic, our 12th season will bear little...
Annual Plant Sale 2019!
Hello Garden Supporters! "Second winter" must nearly be over and spring around the corner, as we now have a date for our Green & Gold Garden plant sale! Our annual plant sale will be held on Saturday, May 11, from 11 AM to 12 NOON at the Old Barn (across from the...