{"id":1327,"date":"2022-03-12T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manorparkcommunity.ca\/home\/?page_id=1327"},"modified":"2022-05-15T01:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T05:55:32","slug":"gardening-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manorparkcommunity.ca\/home\/gardening-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening &#8211; Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_section css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647191786645{background-color: #baeaad !important;}&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;748&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647191598842{background-color: #81d742 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Manor Park Community Gardens&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alike%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652496414301{margin-bottom: 40px !important;margin-left: % !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Welcome to the Manor Park community gardens page !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section of the MPCA website features the community gardens that focus on growing food, and highlight some pollinator-friendly native plant gardens that you will find throughout Manor Park. Various groups and individuals participate in these gardening and rewilding initiatives throughout Manor Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to get involved, please see the <a href=\"#about_our_gardens\">About our Gardens Section<\/a> for specific garden contact information.<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;About our Gardens&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alike%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652496190409{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;about_our_gardens&#8221;][vc_tabs][vc_tab icon=&#8221;mk-moon-bishop&#8221; title=&#8221;St. Colomba&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1652491507-1-69&#8243;][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;16&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652496141117{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Manor Park Community Garden at St. Columba<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This community vegetable garden is located behind St. Columba Anglican Church. It has raised bed vegetable garden plots that individuals and families rent for the season, as well as donation plots that volunteer gardeners use to grow food for the local food bank at Rideau Rockcliffe Community Resource Center. There are currently 12 garden plots and they are rented out starting in (February).\u00a0 Please contact the garden early in the season if you would like to rent a plot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This site also features a pollinator garden that was created by members of St. Columba Church in collaboration with Faith and the Common Good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 24 Sandridge Rd, Ottawa, ON K1K 0A8<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inquiries<\/strong>: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:manorparkcommunitygarden@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manorparkcommunitygarden@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our gardens are operated out of the space provided by St. Colomba Church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1397&#8243; img_size=&#8221;400&#215;400&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_tab][vc_tab icon=&#8221;mk-jupiter-icon-simple-envato&#8221; title=&#8221;Seeds of Change&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1652491507-2-81&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652496121757{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Seeds of Change Community Garden:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This community vegetable garden is located behind 500 St. Laurent Blvd Ottawa Community Housing building and contains raised bed vegetable garden plots where residents (of 500 St. Laurent Blvd?) can grow food together. It also features a children\u2019s garden and a pollinator garden.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 500 St. Laurent Blvd<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inquiries<\/strong>: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:gardentheseedsofchange@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gardentheseedsofchange@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab icon=&#8221;mk-icon-pagelines&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;7d4e87bc-40c2-2&#8243; title=&#8221;Native Plant Demonstration&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652495817578{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Manor Park Native Plant Demonstration Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This garden aims to create a small habitat for native wildflowers, grasses, insects, and birds to thrive. Our goals are to provide ecosystem functions to enhance and protect Manor Park\u2019s natural systems. The garden also serves as an engaging educational tool for residents to enable them to create native habitats with similar ecosystem benefits on their own properties using green gardening practices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 100 Thornwood Avenue<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inquiries<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:environment@manorparkcommunity.ca\">environment@manorparkcommunity.ca<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab icon=&#8221;mk-icon-puzzle-piece&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;e54fd87b-28ca-3&#8243; title=&#8221;MPCC&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652496048863{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Manor Park Community Council (MPCC) Vegetable Gardens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These raised beds located next to the MPCC fieldhouse and close to Manor Park Public School are used for vegetable gardening by children who attend MPCC programs including their after-school programming, summer camps, and the licensed daycare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 100 Thornwood<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inquiries<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:ssears@manorpark.ca\">ssears@manorpark.ca<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][\/vc_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Support Our Gardens!&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center|color:%230f0000&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:EB%20Garamond%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1650814275327{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Donate Now&#8221; color=&#8221;warning&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-credit-card&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fmanorparkcommunity.ca%2Fhome%2Fdonate%2F|title:Donate||&#8221;][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;16&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1650815635910{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Your support brings life to our gardens and our programs.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider donating whatever you can in order to help finance supplies, enhancements, and seed access.<\/p>\n<p>You may also consider donating lightly used (or brand new) tools for use by our community gardeners![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Additional Resources&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center|color:%230f0000&#8243; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:EB%20Garamond%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1650815756363{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652496476781{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Food Garden Guide (available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/justfood.ca\/garden-guide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/justfood.ca\/garden-guide<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Food Community Gardening Network<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/justfood.ca\/community-gardening-network\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/justfood.ca\/community-gardening-network\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just Food Newsletter\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/justfood.nationbuilder.com\/newsletter_signup<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fletcher Wildlife Garden<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ofnc.ca\/programs\/fletcher-wildlife-garden\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ofnc.ca\/programs\/fletcher-wildlife-garden<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wildflowerseedlibrary.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/wildflowerseedlibrary.ca\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Corner Pollinator Garden and Wildlife Habitat<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cornerpollinatorgarden.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/cornerpollinatorgarden.net\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Latest Posts&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alike%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647192496896{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;16&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647192046102{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Here, you can read about the latest news related to our community Gardens. These posts are published by our local gardeners and garden coordinators.[\/vc_column_text][mk_custom_sidebar sidebar=&#8221;cs-4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Gallery&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Alike%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647193055363{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;16&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647820699909{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]This is where we can share images to get a sense for the kind of activities involved in the gardening initiative. Below are some archived images from the website. 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