Spring is here!
Spring means it is time to think about gardening, decluttering and airing out our homes, and rediscovering your local community.
- Ottawa Farmers' Market - Opens in a new windowOttawa Farmers’ Market is a producer-only organization that features over 150 vendors within an area of 100 kilometers from the city of Ottawa. Providing an opportunity to buy the freshest local products the season has to offer directly from the people who produce them, the market is also a great place to meet friends, have lunch and enjoy the market musicians, buskers and special events!
- Ottawa Horticultural Society - Opens in a new windowThe OHS as we know it today has a long history. It started in 1892 and is a non-profit society open to all gardeners who enjoy sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge of gardening. We have over 300 members, and our activities include regular meetings with speakers, community projects and competitions.
- highjinx - Opens in a new windowWe take donations of things for our Community Furniture Bank that Neighbours can freely access to get the housewares they need to make their house a Home. Being that we do not take Government funding, we rely on donated items we can resell to pay the rent. Cleaning out your house can really help us help!
eBooks for a fresh start
Digging the City : An Urban Agriculture Manifesto - Opens in a new window by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781927330210Publication Date: 2012At the last census in 2006, just over 80 percent of Canada's population lived in urban centres. How we feed that population and protect its food sources is an enduring subject of debate in food security circles these days.
The Locavore's Kitchen : A Cook’s Guide to Seasonal Eating and Preserving - Opens in a new window by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780821419380Publication Date: 2011The Locavore's Kitchen invites readers to savor homegrown foods that come from the garden, the farm stand down the road, or local farmers' markets through cooking and preserving the freshest ingredients.
Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables - Opens in a new window by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781591866831Publication Date: 2017A practical guide that answers the age-old question for gardeners: How do you know when a fruit or vegetable is ripe? Growing Perfect Vegetables gets to the root of what every gardener wants: perfect produce, and lots of it.
Women and Their Gardens : A History From the Elizabethan Era to Today - Opens in a new window by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781613743379Publication Date: 2012Despite growing vegetables for their kitchens, tending herbs for their medicine cupboards, and teaching other women about the craft before agricultural schools officially existed, women have been mere footnotes in the horticultural annals for specimens collected abroad.
