What is it?
The Spring Gardeners Party for this year’s Plant a Row-Grow a Row program, which gets community members to grow (or buy) extra produce and donate it to the program.
The food is then dropped off at the local food bank so local families in need can put healthy fresh food on their tables.
Here’s who you’ll hear from:
Brian Minter, national spokesperson for Plant A Row-Grow a Row, will kick off the event. Conway Lum from GardenWorks Mandeville will talk about kiwi,
Pasquale Porico will talk about mason bees, June Hewko will show off the latest gardening gadgets from Lee Valley Tools and Egan Davis from UBC Botanical Gardens will discuss starting vegetables from seed. Claude LeDoux, coordinator of the local program, and members of the St. Thomas More community will host the event.
Did we mention the free stuff?
Along with coffee, tea and goodies, there will be door prizes and giveaways from West Coast Seeds, Minter Country Garden, Lee Valley, Plant a Row and GardenWorks.
Do it for the kids:
“People are taking vegetable gardening more seriously now than they were previously. It’s not just a trend, it’s a real interest and a love of individuals, and we know that there is going to be extra food produced,” LeDoux says. “Please, come and join our meeting to come and find out how you can assist in donating to help some people who have the misfortune of not having enough food. It makes everybody happy because they are getting high-quality, home-grown food and gives them all the vitamins and nutrients needed. We especially want to provide this to children in need, we always work with that goal in mind. It’s for families with children.”
Party details:
The Spring Gardeners Party is on Thursday, March 10 at 6 p.m. at St. Thomas More Collegiate, 7450 12th Ave., just across the border in Burnaby.
