NSMA Community Garden Update

A Message to NSMA Members:

The garden is thriving and harvest season will soon be here!

If you want to receive produce or would like to be a volunteer, please fill out the form in this link:

Sign Up Form

Every seed planted and every hour volunteered helps strengthen our ability to feed ourselves and share with one another.

Planted

• 44 potatoes              -  22 garlic                             -  11 tomatoes

• 3 cucumbers            -  2 red cabbage                  -  4 caulliflower

• 3 celery                      -  40 peas                              -  11 corn                 

• 54 onions                  -  6 spaghetti squash         -  5 strawberries

• 2 zucchini                  -  3 brussel sprouts            -  6 lettuce

• 91 rutabaga             -  100+ beets                        -  4 haskap bushes

• 3 cherry bushes      -  6 raspberry bushes         -  3 saskatoon bushes

• 24 radishes               -  10 spinach                        -  100+ carrots

• rosemary, sage, basil, parsley, oregano, thyme
  

Get Involved

There are many ways to participate.  Join us for:

• Harvest days

• Garden maintenance

• Produce packing

• Elder deliveries

• Community events
  

Share Your Knowledge

Do you have gardening, preserving, berry-picking, fishing, hunting, or traditional food knowledge to share? We’d love to learn from you.

Bring the Family

The garden is a welcoming place for all ages. Youth participation helps build skills, confidence and connection to the land.

What Happens to the Harvest?

Once produce is available, the first priority will be to distribute 25-30% of harvest to Elders through an Elder Delivery Program.

The second priority will be to reserve 25-30% for the Fall Harvest Feast, community gatherings, cooking demonstrations, youth and family workshops and cultural events.

The third priority will be to distribute 30-40% to NSMA members through scheduled harvest pick-up days, community produce tables and family produce boxes.

The fourth priority will be to reserve 10-15% for freezing, canning, drying and seed saving.

Harvest Schedule

Weekly during peak season

Measuring Success

We will be tracking:

• pounds of produce harvested,

• number of households served,

• number of Elders receiving produce,

• number of community events supplied,

• volunteer participation,

• youth involvement,

• amount preserved for winter use.

Long-Term Vision

The community garden is more than a source of food – it is a community hub that strengthens food sovereignty, climate resilience, intergenerational knowledge sharing, and connection among NSMA members and families.

Upcoming Activities

Watch for announcements about:

• Harvest days

• Produce pick-ups

• Community harvest feast

• Food preservation workshops

• Traditional food and medicine learning opportunities

Our next garden workshop is being held on July 14^th at 7-9 pm at 108 Curry Drive.

Thank you to everyone who has helped make this garden a success. We look forward to sharing this season’s harvest with our community.

Together we grow.

Together we share.

Together we thrive.