Resources for Summer Maintenance and Volunteer Engagement in School Gardens

[Tessa Stiven]

Hello school gardeners,

April showers have brought May flowers! I hope you are all enjoying this glorious weather!

It was great seeing some of you at our workshop this week on summer maintenance and volunteer engagement. If you missed it, the recording, slide presentation and resources are on the Program Library page on the F2SBC website: https://farmtoschoolbc.ca/sgm-program-library/

We had two great guest speakers join us in our workshop this week: Vanessa Sparrow, Powell River School District Food Literacy Coordinator, and Roanne Whitticase, F2SBC Community Animator and Master Gardener. They both shared on-the-ground suggestions for engaging volunteers in school gardens. Check out the recording of the webinar to learn about their creative suggestions for building community connections and summer maintenance support for your school garden.

Enjoy the sunny weekend ahead!

Tessa

Tessa Stiven (she/her)

Central Island Region Community Animator, F2SBC

Public Health Association of BC 

Email: centralis...@farmtoschoolbc.ca

Cell: 250-510-6684

I acknowledge that Central Island regional hub programming operates on the territories of the Snuneymuxw, Stz’uminus, Snaw-naw-as, Hupačasath, Tse-shaht, Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht, Hesquiaht, Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Toquaht, Yuu-cluth-aht and Uchucklesaht First Nations. I live on the unceded territory of the people of the Quw'utsun Nation, who have lived here since time immemorial.  

I work part-time with the following hours: Mon 8-5 / Wed 9-12 / Thurs 9-12 / Fri 12-4