Fall Fairfield Fun

What a good time we had at Fall Fairfield today. The fog came and went, but we had so many people stop by the booth to chat and offer their support. A great day for the garden! Here's Jessica talking about community gardens while Bonnie Mae arranges some of the amazing veg that neighbours brought to share.

-Fiona Gilsenan

Fall Fairfield

The Community Garden Association will be at Fall Fairfield this Saturday and we want your veg! Bring your produce to our table and show it off. We're looking for beautiful veg, the pride of your garden, best veg arrangement, and rare or heirloom varieties.

There will be prizes!

-Fiona Gilsenan

Tea Time

The Fairfield Community Association is serving tea. Tomorrow, July 28th at 4 pm, all are welcome to come and find out how to get involved in some of the great activities the FGCA has coming up. Including, naturally, the Community Garden!

Fairfield AGM

Garry oak leaves in Moss Rock Park (photo by Emrys Miller, GOERT website) 



Do you live in Fairfield? What are you doing Thursday night? How about stopping by the

FGCA Annual General Meeeting?
Thursday April 14 @ 7pm
Garry Oak Room, 1335 Thurlow
 
What happens at the AGM? I'm not completely sure, as I've never been to one, but I'll be there with Jessica, Linda, and Bonnie Mae from the garden committee. We can answer any questions you have about the garden and you can find out more about your Community Association.

See you in the Garry Oak Rm...

-Fiona Gilsenan

 

The Mayor is Coming to Fairfield

Tonight, Wed. March 16th, Mayor Dean Fortin will be in our neighbourhood to talk about budget issues. You'll find him in the Garry Oak Room at the Fairfield Community Association from 7:30 to 9 pm. I wonder if anyone will raise some of the issues that matter to gardeners in Fairfield, such as the City's Community Garden Policy, which is due for a revamp.

-Fiona Gilsenan

Got Gardening Gear?

The Fairfield Community Association is holding one of it's fabulous clothing swaps tomorrow, March 5th from 10 am to 1 pm. Do you have a nice straw hat, pair of wellies, or a tweed jacket that you no longer use? Bring it to the clothing swap!

-Fiona Gilsenan

Can you Grow a Row?

There's more than one row in this picture.

The Fairfield Community Garden gang (aka Jessica, Fiona, and Paula) had a great time at Seedy Saturday. We chatted with all kinds of people from the gardening and green community in Victoria. Everyone is very excited and supportive of our efforts to make a community garden happen in Fairfield. Hooray!

We heard about a few local events that Fairfield gardeners might want to check out. One of them is happening tonight (snow and ice willing) at the Fairfield Community Centre. It's the launch of the Grow a Row program, sponsored by the Compost Education Centre. Tonight at 6 pm in the Out of School Care Room there will be a meet-and-greet, then the official launch, followed by a workshop. You can read more about the program here. If the workshop tonight is full, they will offer another one next week. That's accommodating.

On Saturday, Feb. 26th, there will be a seed swap at the Compost Education Centre. Please call (250) 386-9676 or email office@compost.bc.ca if you are interested in attending or volunteering at any of these events.

-Fiona Gilsenan