Newsletter no.1 spring 2025
Cocagne Community Garden
Hello dear gardeners,
Spring is just around the corner and we're getting ready for the season at the Cocagne Community Garden. Right now, we're finishing the interior of the walipini greenhouse. We thank our builder Scott Strong and landowners Imelda and Benoît Bourque for supporting us in our vision of food sovereignty in Cocagne.
The garden will officially open on Sunday, May 11, 2025. Lots are rented for 11 cents per square foot. We're asking users of community garden lots to meet us between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. to pay their dues. Lots are still available for the 2025 season on a first-come, first-served basis. We'll also be offering a presentation on the usefulness of insect netting and ground cover for more ecological and efficient gardening. In addition, we'll be starting a buying group for insect netting and woven ground cover for people who want a small amount of material per square foot (netting or woven ground cover).
NEW! On March 6, a seed library was inaugurated at the Saint-Antoine library. With your library membership card, you can borrow 20 seed packets per year. For the initiative to work in the long term, we need gardeners to return a minimum of 1-2 bags of saved seeds that have been borrowed, or to buy new ones. After November 1, we'll collect and bag them for the following year.
The walipini greenhouse is now up and running and Karine will contact the walipini users with instructions. At the end of the summer, we'll be holding a community tour for anyone who's curious. Stay tuned for our GDDPC newsletter.
Want to help us with our initiative? Come and see us at the garden and follow us on social networks. Depending on your skills, volunteering can take many forms. Karine Lapointe, horticultural coordinator, will be on hand Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from April to November.
To contact the garden team
- Cocagne Community Garden Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/JardinCommunautaireCocagneCommunityGarden/
www.facebook.com/gddpc
Wiebke Tinney, Executive Director, Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC), (506) 576-8247, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
