Posts 2016-2021
Nov 14 2018
Garden Art Lesson Plan 2 where we paint flower pots
A hand decorated flower pot is fun to make and then plant with a seed and observe its growth.
Nov 14 2018
Gardening Art Lesson Plan 1 is Making Seed Mosaics
Children can learn about the life cycle of plants from seed to fruit by using real seeds to make a mosaic.
Oct 3 2017
Why Kids Should Learn to Garden and Do Art
Growing your own food is the single most important act you can do to reclaim power politically and socially. With this basic activity you break your dependence on the corporate food system, using your labour and skills. Who knows what is going to happen to our food supply in the next few years? Who knows how it will be for the kids?
Sep 28 2017
Evolution of a Gardener
I am always surprised and delighted when I see a little garden in an unlikely spot in the neighbourhood — behind a dilapidated steel shed, in a little alcove at an apartment building.
Jun 19 2017
A Comic About Jill Van Horne
Our first comic. These will be published as part of our work on whatever we’re doing at the moment. This is about our video profile of Jill Van Horne, Network Development Coordinator for Our Food SENB. You know, the person who took Aaron Shantz’s place. We are adding a new feature to our work that […]
Oct 11 2016
Kate Doyle — From Roller Derby to Food Security
“When I am loyal to something, I will do anything for those people.” Kate Doyle
Sep 22 2016
ACORN’s first Homesteader Symposium
As more people want to take control of their food, lifestyle and consumer habits, homesteading is becoming an urban pursuit as well.
Aug 25 2016
La Solitude — a place of peace
Everywhere around the property are places to sit quietly and contemplate the beauty of nature. I love this place, with its quirky buildings, meandering trails that surprise and might lead you to an open field with hammocks swinging in the breeze, or a view of the river cut through the sumac trees. Here you can […]
Aug 17 2016
Matt McGraw
Matt McGraw’s office, today, is jam packed with guitars, two pianos and floppy, old, worn baseball bases. The whiteboard behind his desk is covered with drawings done in erasable orange marker by his partner Hilary Cantin. Everything here is in progress in a free-flowing kind of way and everything could look different tomorrow. The Interim […]
Nov 14 2018
Garden Art Lesson Plan 3 where we make garden marker stones
A gardener needs to know what’s been planted and where. Painting stones as markers is a way to do that and making them look like veggies also help kids learn about the different varieties.
By Elaine and Archie • art, children, food movement, food security, garden art lessons, gardening