Wishing you all many blessings this Christmas and in the New Year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! December 22, 2011
What a Wonderful Season! December 12, 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, the St. Barnabas Community Garden Committee would like to thank all of our gardeners for their hard work, and to celebrate the wonderful harvest we had this year. We’ve posted some pictures of the garden at its best for you to enjoy. If you would like to join us for the 2012 growing season, we do have some plots available. 
Please contact us at stbarnabasgarden@gmail.com.
Pancakes, Anyone? June 18, 2011
St. Barnabas Anglican Church is inviting all gardeners to their Annual Stampede Breakfast on Sunday, July 10th. There will be fabulous pancakes and sausages and a special reading by Cowboy Poet Doris Daley. Breakfast will be around11:30 AM. Why not come out and have something to eat before or after you check on your garden plot?
Build Day – Mission Accomplished! May 23, 2011
All the ingredients were in place. A sunny day, enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers, and piles of newspaper, mulch and soil. Everyone worked hard and we got the site prepared, all the beds built and filled with materials. I think the best thing about the day was the laughing and conversation that kept everyone going. It was an awesome day. At the end of it, we were all amazed at how much a group of dedicated people can do.
There are a couple of special “thank-you”s that need to be sent out:
To our friends and family who came out to help with the build. We couldn’t have done it without you.
To Wild Rose Brewery for providing spent hops & grain to enrich our garden beds,
To Metro News Calgary and Central Web Calgary for donating newspaper for our beds and pathways,
To the University of Calgary for donating cardboard and other materials.
and Lastly, to Paul Hughes for dropping by at the end of the day to encourage us.
Thank you so much!
Introducing Your St. Barnabas Community Garden Committee May 19, 2011
Francesca Davenport – St. Barnabas Anglican Church Liason
Sean Lafortune – Secretary/Treasurer
Rita Clyde – Garden Coordinator
Please feel free to contact any Garden Committee member by emailing them at stbarnabasgarden@gmail.com!
Updated Garden Plan May 18, 2011
Here is an updated copy of the garden plan. You can see that all the beds have been given numbers, and that beds 13, 14 and 15 have been moved slightly. We will be emailing our garden members to let you know what bed you have been assigned to. You can also find out your bed by coming to the Build Day on Saturday, May 21st.
Organic Seed Sources May 1, 2011
At our meeting last night, St. Barnabas community garden members decided that we would use only non GMO (genetically modified) plants and seeds in our garden. There are a number of good sources for non GMO seeds. Here is a short list, but please post any that you particularly like or recommend!
McKenzie Seeds http://www.mckenzieseeds.com/
West Coast Seeds (my personal favourite) http://www.westcoastseeds.com/
Hole’s Greenhouses http://www.holesonline.com/
Bow Seed http://www.gardenersweb.ca/
Dominion Seed House http://www.dominion-seed-house.com/en-CA/
Salt Spring Seed http://www.saltspringseeds.com/
Burpee Seeds (I did some research and despite the rumours on the internet that Burpee was bought out by Monsanto, they are a company dedicated to non-GMO seeds and have spoken out against the rumours on their website) http://www.burpee.com/
Check out Seeds of Diversity, an organization dedicated to preservation of our biodiversity. http://www.seeds.ca/en.php
What’s your favourite seed source?
Here we go… May 1, 2011
Our first community garden meeting was yesterday night at St. Barnabas Anglican Church. We had a great turn-out with a lot of our gardeners coming out to discuss the garden’s rules and start the process of assigning plots. We will be posting minutes from the meeting on the website so members who missed the meeting can catch up on the important news. We will also post our garden rules, with all the changes that we agreed to. It was a great start to an awesome project, Thank you everyone!
Garden Sneak Peak April 30, 2011
Here is a sneak peak at St. Barnabas’ Garden plan. Our first meeting/potluck is tonight at St. Barnabas Anglican Church at 5:00. Don’t forget to come if you’ve signed up for a plot!
Proposed Plan for St. Barnabas Community Garden
Veggie Growing Basics! April 20, 2011
The Calgary Horticultural Society is hosting a talk by CBC radio gardening guru Donna Balzer on May 1st, 2011 at the Unitarian Church of Calgary. It’s called No Guff Vegetable Growing and it promises to have some great info on growing veggies. So, for all of you veggie beginners out there, or for those of you who are veggie veterans, but want some new ideas, check out this cool event! All proceeds go to support the Calgary Horticultural Society.
For details and to register, please go to the Calgary Horticultural Society’s website:
