Calling all gardeners! We are hosting a seed swap on Saturday, January 25 at the Collingwood Youth Centre from 10-2! This is our first seed swap so it will be a small event. Parking at the CYC is very limited so aim to use transit or walk from a nearby municipal parking lot.
We accept all seed types. Please bring your seeds in labeled envelopes with as much info as possible. It is OK if you do not have any seeds to bring, we just ask you consider a monetary donation instead. All proceeds will go to our food security initiatives.
We are also going to be screening a film related to gardening at the event: In My Backyard chronicles director Jamie Day Fleck’s personal journey into urban agriculture, converting her entire backyard into a kitchen garden. Using her personal story as a jumping-off point, she branches out to look at the various solutions that backyard gardeners and urban growers have dreamed up and implemented in her city — Toronto, Ontario, Canada. By looking at the stories of individuals that are changing their communities through local food production, it becomes evident that positive changes are being implemented and solutions are available. To many people global environmental problems seem insurmountable but a few people are working diligently to create new paradigms and show bright possibilities within urban spaces.
Link to Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DpR3AvZ6k/