Niki Jabbour writes: 'I’m always searching for vegetable crops that go above and beyond normal expectations. I want plants that will produce a generous harvest, yet not take up too much precious garden space. I also want them to be disease and insect resistant, as well as relatively low maintenance. These might seem like unreasonable demands, but my vertical vegetable crops deliver all of this and more.' [read more]

Come Grow Together!

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Pictures - July 2012

The gardens are all growing nicely, and phase 2 is starting to look like a garden!  Check out some great pics of some of our recent work days on the 'photos and video' tab. 

Phase 2 garden construction well underway

The second phase of the Midland Community Garden is coming along nicely!  Many thanks to all of those who helped!  We still need lots of volunteers; please contact us if you would like to help out!  We are still looking for plant donations as well.  Also, feel free to post on our forum.

A huge thanks goes out to TIMBR-Mart for making this spiffy new message board case for us!  Thank you!

We have a new logo!

Local freelance designer Miranda Lang has graciously created this beautiful logo for us! Miranda can be reached at 705 526 9445 for all your graphic design needs.

Chigamik Harvest

The CHIGAMIK plots at the Midland Community Gardens Little Lake Park site have moved from seeds and small plants to harvesting fresh vegetables and sharing. Thanks for the help harvesting and weeding Jenna and Carol.  It is amazing how things have moved along during these hot summer months. With diligent watering and some tender loving care (I do talk to our plants) our gardens have produced green and yellow beans, peas, radishes and zucchini.

We were able to share our crops with the Mothercare group on Wednesdays and with the Georgian Bay Native woman’s Association’s Cooking with Kids program here at CHIGAMIK on Tuesdays. We also delivered fresh crops to the St Paul’s morning drop in on a Monday morning. Thank you Tom and volunteers. We look forward to sharing our tomatoes as they will be ready to harvest very soon.

Meeting here at CHIGAMIK for monthly meetings has been a great example of community learning, sharing and cooperation by dedicated team members. It is exciting to see this community working together to achieve the goals set out by the Midland Community Gardens Project. CHIGAMIK Community Health Centre is pleased to be a partner in this important Community initiative.

Jeff Graham

Community Health Worker