Thank you to Farm2Chefs Collaborative for funding printing of Public Produce Start Up Guide

David Tombs of the Farm2Chefs Collaborative receiving the Public Produce Start Up Guide from author Elaine Sedgman
(all photos by Pat Davies)

Master Gardeners Phyllis Mader & Bill Davies inspecting the garden

Master Gardener Elaine Sedgman giving a tour of the beautiful Public Produce Garden at McDonald Park

Looking at the "Growing Vegetable Soup" children's community garden plot. 

Farm2Chefs Collaborative to be acknowledged Wednesday June 25th at 11:00 am

Meet Farm2Chefs Collaborative member and Terra Restaurant chef/owner David Tombs and Master Gardener Elaine Sedgman at MacDonald Park Public Produce Garden on Wednesday June 25^th at 11:00 am.  

Try some currant & bergamot tea prepared from the garden & nosh on some muffins & strawberries.

Elaine will present David with the newly printed Public Produce, Growing Food in Public Spaces: A Start Up Guide that the Collaborative funded.

David & Elaine will then take you for a tour around the garden to talk about the possibilities and potential of Public Produce within city landscapes.

Integrated Pest Management Techniques

Volunteer Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners use Integrated Pest Management techniques with regular monitoring of the MacDonald Park Public Produce Garden. They've been monitoring the aphid damage on the currants, hoping that lady beetles might lay their eggs.  Tonight Vicky blasted the aphids with a strong spray of water to dislodge the aphids from the underside of the currant leaves.

Master Gardeners Charyle & Vicky transplanting donated mint plants. Mint is set out in bottom-less pots to stop it  from spreading.

Public Produce, Growing Food in Public Spaces: A start Up Guide is now published

Public Produce, Growing Food in Public Spaces: A start Up Guide is now published.
Thank you to the Farm2Chefs for their generous grant that allowed the Kamloops Food Policy Council to print a number of copies.
www.farm2chefs.com
The print version of this publication will be available to our stakeholders.
The web version is available as a free pdf download at the Kamloops Food Policy Council's website.
http://kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com

Planting McDonald Park Garden today

We had a great time planting the McDonald Park Public Produce Garden today. A huge thank you to  all our volunteers!

Thank you to the Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners, Bill, Barb, Elaine & Marvin and to Kyle Kapsha, Urban Agriculture Coordinator, who demonstrated various gardening techniques and tips.

Kyle arrives on his bike with the Mulberry & Plum trees.

Barb demonstrates how to transplant a seedling.

Kyle planting our new columnar apple tree while Barb gives some gardening advice. 

Marvin demonstrates how to tease out roots that are pot root bound before transplanting.

Elaine demonstrated how to thin apples & various ways to bag them against  codling moth damage.

Haskaps are ready to eat!