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Children growing up with community gardening portance of local food production, pollination and the role bugs play in the growth of fruits and vegetables. It will also look to show the value of community participation. “This will teach them all the fun parts of gardening, basic biology about plants, the importance of bugs, different kinds of soil and give them a better sense of where their food comes from,” Moreau said. The program has been running since 2008,
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Agathe Moreau teaches children about plants and planting on July 17. Moreau will be teach another workshop at Brewer Park Community Garden on July 28. planting techniques and food preservation. The Brewer Park event runs for an hour and a half, with activities revolving around the im-
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News - Children are invited to get their hands dirty in Brewer Park’s community garden this weekend as part of a workshop for aspiring green thumbs. Just Food is hosting the event to get children aged 6 to 12 gardening and to teach them about how food grows. The workshop begins at 1 p.m. at Brewer Park Community Garden on July 28. Just Food organizer Agathe Moreau said the event will be full of activities to encourage the young gardeners. “The event is all about learning through games with different activities and it’s a lot of fun,” Moreau said. “It’s good for the kids to be out in the garden out in the neighbourhood.” This is the third and last public workshop Just Food has organized for the summer. The other two events took place in Kanata and Old Ottawa East. The non-profit organization’s goal is to make healthy food available to everyone in the Ottawa region. It also helps run many different events at community gardens, helps communities set up their own gardens and runs workshops about things like gardening soils,
offering five workshops for children last year across the city. This year, the organization will only host two public events, with smaller events taking place over the summer as part of summer camp programming. Moreau said parents can drop their children off for the duration of the workshop, but are also welcome to stay and participate. For more information about the workshop, or Just Food, visit justfood.ca.
Nepean-Barrhaven News EMC - Thursday, July 25, 2013
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