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Kids at Jo-Jo's Community Garden

Jo-Jo’s Community Garden already planning for warmer weather

Stittsville Central StaffDecember 18, 2017December 29, 2017

(PHOTO: Kids at Jo-Jo’s Community Garden, Summer 2017) You know you are a serious gardener when you’re planning for planting season while it’s -15 and snow is falling. Here’s a…

Class 3 Brian Carson Best in Show 2017. Through The Garden Gate

Horticultural Society is accepting photo contest entries

Stittsville Central StaffAugust 22, 2017September 20, 2017

(ABOVE: “Through The Garden Gate” by Brian Carson, Best in Show winner for 2017.) The Stittsville-Goulbourn Horticultural Society is accepting entries in their annual photo competition. Class 1: We See…

LINKED: Residents question Hydro One easement plans in Kanata

Stittsville Central StaffAugust 3, 2017September 5, 2017

UPDATE (Sept 1): Hydro One commits to trimming trees in Beaverbrook *** “To have them…take it all down was devastating.” Residents question Hydro One plans in #Kanata #Beaverbrook https://t.co/pwOvNmuKY0 pic.twitter.com/KDeRdtGrWn…

Kids at Jo-Jo's Community Garden

JUNE 24: Plant a sunflower and build an insect hotel at JoJo’s Garden

Stittsville Central StaffJune 19, 2017December 18, 2017

(via Jo-Jo’s Community Garden) All Stittsville kids are invited to come out to the Jo-Jo’s Community Garden on Stittsville Main Street this Saturday from 10am-12pm to plant a sunflower of…

Jo-Jo's property on Stittsville Main Street, via Google maps

Deadline for Jo-Jo’s community garden plots is April 20

Stittsville Central StaffApril 19, 2017December 18, 2017

The deadline to apply for a garden plot at the new Jo-Jo’s Community Garden is Thursday, April 20. You can access an application form here. Four different sizes are available with a…

Jo-Jo's property on Stittsville Main Street, via Google maps

Jo-Jo’s Pizza provides land for a new community garden

Glen GowerMarch 10, 2017December 18, 2017

Here’s another interesting project in the works for Stittsville Main Street: The Kassis family, owners of Jo-Jo’s Pizza, are partnering with a group of local volunteers to help establish a community garden…

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NOTEBOOK: Huntmar-Maple Grove intersection, ALE opens Friday, Brown Bear amalgamates

Glen GowerApril 13, 2016April 15, 2016

Councillor Shad Qadri says the northbound lane markings for the Huntmar-Maple Grove intersection will be painted in early May.  City crews can’t paint them until temperatures are warm enough and the road…

Logan Primeau holds a handful of cherry tomatoes from his garden last year.

UPDATE: Community garden to be built at Carleton Apartments

Logan PrimeauMarch 6, 2016December 18, 2017

Above: Logan Primeau holds a handful of cherry tomatoes from his garden last year. It has been a few months since I announced my intention to start a community garden in…

"That was the last good garden I could grow which was two years ago," says Primeau. "In that garden I had corn, tomatoes, green peppers, green onions, yellow onions, chard, radishes, leaf lettuce, carrots, green beans and a special type of purple beans. I was also growing watermelon and potatoes in a nearby rock garden."

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Project will teach people how to grow

Logan PrimeauNovember 13, 2015November 13, 2015

(Photo: “That was the last good garden I could grow which was two years ago,” says Primeau. “In that garden I had corn, tomatoes, green peppers, green onions, yellow onions,…

Mayor Watson wants 20 more community gardens in next four years

Stittsville Central StaffAugust 13, 2015December 18, 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a press release from the City of Ottawa today with some great news for supporters of community gardens.  In Stittsville, Kelsey Boggis-da Silva has been pushing for a new community garden in…

New product revolutionizes home-based organic food gardening

Stittsville Central StaffApril 25, 2015April 25, 2015

(Press release from Seed Haven.) Finally, urban gardeners have pesticide free protection for growing vegetables and herbs. They can produce higher yields from the small garden spaces typical of this…

Kelsey Boggis-da Silva

Algonquin student plants the seeds for a community garden

Glen GowerMarch 20, 2015December 18, 2017

Algonquin College student Kelsey Boggis-da Silva wants everyone in Stittsville to have the opportunity to start a garden, even if they don’t have enough room in the backyard, or any yard…

Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society announces 2015 photo competition winners

Stittsville Central StaffFebruary 24, 2015March 1, 2015

 

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