What's happening at sandown in june?
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There's much to celebrate and much to look forward to at the Sandown Centre this month. June marks the end of our school field-trip season and the beginning of our summer programming, including our Sandown CSA, Farmers Market and Farmer-led !orkshop series!
Thank you to all of the students and teachers who visited us this season!
We are so grateful for the opportunity to host school groups at the Sandown Learning Farm! As part of our Growing Young Farmers Program, we offer field trips for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students to gain hands-on food literacy education on our 1-acre learning farm and outdoor classroom. Depending on the age of the students and the season, students will learn about the plant life cycle, the role of beneficial insects, and soil health, through activities like planting, harvesting, and tasting vegetables!
This season we welcomed many classes from both SD 61 and SD 63.
We are proud to offer transportation for the field trip thanks to the support of the Victoria Foundation! We partner with the Community Action Bus (CAB), a non-profit organization that provides bus transportation run on veggie oil!
To book a field trip for the fall, fill out our intake form here or email Zoe at engagment@sandowncentre.ca
Very excited to share our first-ever Sandown CSA box with produce from our Learning Farm, radishes and lettuce from Headwind Farm and turnips from The Plot Market Garden! Interested in joining our CSA for the remainder of the season?
Also check out the Sandown farmers CSA options at the links below:
Running Duck Farm
Fruitful Fields (new this year!)
Louhoo Farm (new this year!)
The Sandown farmers market is back!
Starting on Wednesday June 10th, join us weekly from 3:30 - 5:30 to support the 10 Sandown farmers and our non-profit in a co-op style market.
What does that look like? There will be one consolidated table of items from all producers with one point of sale! Produce will change weekly depending on which farmers are participating and what they have available. You can learn about our programs or take a stroll through the gardens! We Look forward to seeing you there!
We love our volunteers!
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped us get beds prepped and veggies in the ground throughout the busy month of May! A special thanks to our volunteers from the Garth Homer Society who come to lend a hand every Friday morning!
To learn more about our weekly volunteer opportunities and how you might get in on the action (and vegetables), click the volunteer button below!
Volunteer schedule for June:
Tuesday-Friday: 10am-2pm (come for all or part of the 4 hour block).
Food to School Programming
Produce from the Learning Farm is distributed weekly to students just down the road at Sidney Elementary School through our partnership with Backpack Buddies!
We also supply fresh produce to Flourish! School Food Society to support their school meal programs! This week we sent 30lbs of Kale!
Upcoming courses and workshops
Join us on Thursday, June 18th from 5-7pm for the second class in our Regenerative Home Gardener Course!
Are you a home gardener looking to improve your soil? Interested in getting into the nitty-gritty of soil fertility and bed preparation? Sign up for the 2nd class in our Regenerative Home Gardener Course Series where we will discuss what goes into building healthy soil, bed preparation techniques, and incorporating soil amendments.
Sandown Farmer Brooke of Fruitful Fields is looking for Volunteers on her farm Mon/Wed/Fri!
She is looking for help with the following tasks right now and in the coming week:
Planting Strawberry crowns 🍓
Planting Tomato Transplants 🍅
Planting Lettuce starts 🌱
Planting Scallions 🧅
Planting Potatoes 🥔
Weeding beds of kale, broccoli, lettuce..etc
Volunteers will be trained on how to do the task so no experience is required and weekly volunteers doing a 2-4hrs shift each week can receive a veggie box and join my CSA program as a working member of the farm. Please reach out to me via email or phone if you have questions.
Sign up for your first volunteer shift at her SignUp.com account below!
Contact Info
Farmer Brooke Williams
905-441-3564
Thank you to the Sandown community for all your support!
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