Our volunteer run garden brings together neighbours who have the opportunity to grow fruits and vegetables for themselves and the broader community. Garden@Kimbourne prioritizes cultivating food in an ecologically sustainable way by following permaculture principles. At the same time, we expand our community through engaging them in this process. This season, we’re on track to meet or exceed our biggest growing season. We will be highlighting a few of the things we’ve been doing this season to to grow food and community, while adhering to permaculture principals.
Pollinators Help Us Grow!
Monarch Butterfly. Eastern Black Swallowtail
A key aspect of permaculture is working with nature to grow food. Supporting pollinators is an important step towards upholding this core value. Pollinators play a central role in fruit and vegetable production among flowering produce in our garden. This includes squash, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, and more! Thanks to the support of Faith and The Common Good, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, and Scotts we were able to expand our Pollinator Gardens. Specifically, we added a range of flowering plants differing in colour, size, and times of flowering. This diversity allows us to support a range of pollinators, such as butterflies, bees, moths, and flies. This season we have noticed a variety of bees and butterflies in our pollinator garden (see pictures). Thanks again to this year's partners as well as others such as Pollinate TO for supporting native pollinators, contributing to our local ecosystem and furthering the production of our produce.