As winter and cold have rolled into the farm, the Farm Park team has worked on getting our site organized, cleaned up, and planning for next year. Some of our activities have been putting on the wiigiwaam skirt, cleaning up our community garden plots, creating our programs calendar for next...
Oh, those warm summer days… The Seniors Program is preparing for another year of growing, learning and fun. We’re planning for a whole new group of elders who will join our program for the 2023 season. For those interested a large part of our seniors’ program is being able to...
Nadia has just joined the team as Development Manager – Welcome! Tell us about you! Living in the city all my life, I have always been surrounded by multiculturalism, leaving me with an appreciation for diversity. My family is originally from Bangladesh and while visiting during summer holidays, I grew...
Two new staff joined the year-round team: Rachael and Hermmela. We had an amazing crew of seasonal staff as well – Ellie, Atisa, Neil, as well as other seasonal staff who were working with the Market Garden team part-time: Maïmouna, Niya, Kioni, Krisha, Khalid, Lisa, and placement students Theodora, James,...
In our Farm Park in 2022, we estimate that 540 individual volunteers contributed 1746 hours to support maintaining pathways and trails, removing invasive plants, and planting medicinal/edible plants, harvesting, etc. We planted over 140 different species (80% native) and 700 plants including native and edible trees, shrubs, pollinators and herbaceous...
Black Creek Community Farm is honoured to host amazing placement students from a wide variety of disciplines. Many thanks to Eirene for sharing this biography with us. Eirene was a volunteer this season, and then joined as a placement student. Interested in getting involved? We are always welcoming new volunteers and...
What a lovely sight to look at! Intergenerational interaction and learning from the “Fall Cooking Workshop with Chef Adrienne Panis” on September 29. Our seniors had a chance to mingle with younger parents, speak to their kids, and welcome others in the community. Twelve families from the TCDSB Parenting and...
Every Thursday from 2pm to 7pm, we set our table with all that is fresh from the farm that week. At this point in the season, we are typically selling the last of our hot crops, like sweet peppers and tomatoes, first cuts of our fall crops, like turnips, broccoli,...
Black Creek Pop-Up Market & NWT OHT Community Wellness Fair Saturday, October 1: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM (EST) Corner Commons (southeast corner of Jane & Finch Mall): 1911 Finch Ave. W., Toronto ON, M3N 2V2 Please mark your calendars! Alongside the next and last Black Creek Pop-Up Market, the...