Thank you to all those who attended the seedsitters meeting organized by David Suzuki Foundation on Sunday January 28th and the talk. I had the pleasure of meeting USS members Catherine, Maia (and Olivier), and Karanne. Danielle also signed up to join our group. Welcome! This was also a great opportunity to hand out our […]
Dear friends! We are continuing our 2024 growing season registration and I am looking forward to meeting this year’s seedsitters at one of our upcoming seed & supply distribution events: 1. Sunday January 28th, 1-3 pm EST Location: Carrot Common, 348 Danforth Ave. Toronto, ON M4K 1P1 This event is generously organized and hosted by […]
We are continuing our sign-up for the 2024 seed-sitting season. So far we have 14 members that have registered through this online form: https://forms.gle/RwzN9qQqRr5P1pA4A This year, we will be having two in-person ways for seed-sitting members to pick up their seeds, meet fellow growers and socialize a bit, so mark your calendars: Sunday, January […]
Dear friends, This past year has been a remarkable journey of friendship, collaboration and community for our group. Together we have grown native plants from seed, exchanged them with each other and donated half to 13 remarkable projects featured in this blog as well as countless smaller ones that never got the publicity they deserved. […]
Location: 14 Ruskin Ave, Toronto, ON M6P 3P8 This project at Perth JPS is yet another example of the wonderful outcomes even one passionate gardener can accomplish. You may recall Nancy’s lovely project at Shirley St. JPS. This is the second project she took on this past year. Nancy was placed as an Early Childhood […]
Location: 150 Kilgour Rd, East York, ON M4G 1R8 As the growing season was coming to an end, fellow Project Swallowtail Block Ambassador Echo and I were talking about possible projects where we could use our remaining seedlings when I decided to reach out to Shannon at HBKRH to see if their gardens could use […]
151 Brimwood Blvd, Scarborough, ON M1V – October 8, 2023 If you have been following this blog, you are probably familiar with Brimwood Blvd JPS and the amazing teachers that are engaging children in the resurrected native plant garden there. A native plant garden had been started in the grounds next to the school by […]
Location: 38 Shirley St, Toronto, ON M6K 1S9 To say that Nancy is a force of nature would be an understatement, so I’d like to take this post to introduce you to One of TWO projects which have flourished through the hard work and passion of our very own Nancy. The native plant gardens at […]
Location: 95 Brian Dr, North York, ON M2J 3Y6 At the start of 2023, my neighbor Zakia, a teacher at Brian Public School approached me to ask about where she could find resources to create a native plant garden in her school and of course, I offered to get the Underhill Seedsitters involved! The principal […]
In August 2023 Judith, who has been a long-time volunteer approached Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC) with an idea for partnering with Project Swallowtail’s Underhill Seedsitter’s group to create a native plant garden. She knew that a native plant garden would be a natural extension of the great work that TWC does in taking care of […]