Ladner Community Garden

Happy gardening to all our members at the Ladner Community Garden. What a different season we are having this year. The sun has been shining with a few showers in between to keep our gardens watered. Perfect for growing our vegetables.  The grade three class planted this garden to assist our donations to the local food bank. Its time to plant a few more seeds in there where we can. Its all about successive plantings. The potatoes we planted in March are doing great. Lets hope we can harvest a few next month.  I took this shot last night. Its so nice to visit the garden in the evenings. Remember to have your plots planted by May 31 as stated in the garden rules. You want to be able to harvest as much as you can from your allotment. The gardening season generally runs from March to October but watch some of us grow winter crops this year.  I think this plant is just beautiful. Those blue green leaves would be great mixed in a herbaceous border. Now I am getting idea

Its been a busy week at the Ladner Community Garden. We are getting ready for our first plant sale. The plants are potted up and are being labeled and priced this week. If you would like to volunteer to help out at the plant sale just comment below. We have over 400 plants for sale, some special containers made up for Mothers day, vegetables and herbs. Come visit the community garden to see what we are all about. We have a food bank garden where we grow food for the needy. We also have a teaching garden where children from ages 3-9 come to learn in the garden. Is your class wanting to explore gardening? Kids just love to dig, look for insects and explore nature. Maybe they will be our future farmers. Did you know that West Coast Seeds has a seed trial garden on our site? This year they are testing a new wildflower seed. I cant wait to see the swath of colour this summer! So mark your calendars. The plant sale is Saturday, May 12 from 9am - 12pm at the Ladner Community g