Kitsilano Community Garden: October 2013

Sigh... Last Work Party of the 2013 Season

Reality is setting in... the last Kitsilano Garden work party of the 2013 season was today... a harbinger of the winter months ahead. Don't get me wrong, love The Winter, but the gradual goodbye to the garden right now is bitter sweet. Thanks to those garden members who attended our last work party of this season - we got a lot accomplished. Thanks to Ellen for capturing the essence and spirt of our members at today's gathering of the gardeners! Enjoy the continuing bounty that our west coast garden provides... rock the kale... aren't we lucky?

Hydrangea - the beauty of 3 seasons on display

Maiden Hair Fern - sort of heart breaking to behold

Future Site of Tool Art Installation

Cosmos Sensation - up close and personal

Finally Fall

Money Plant/Silver Dollar - at least that's what my Grandma called them. Had a sweet moment rubbing off the outer papery layer to collect the seeds within - and expose the exquisite silvery seed pod.

Uh, wow what a summer we have had. With a few blips here and there, I believe it was probably the longest stretch of fantastic sunny and warm weather in a long long time here in Kits on the Wet Coast. The growing season was incredible for tomatoes, cucumbers, and anything else that was planted. However...I think this week we have turned the corner and its actually fall. A couple of days of chilly fog combined with the almost overnight turning of the leaves makes it officially fall. Yay, time for sweaters and boots and planting garlic.

Borage - thinks it's spring!

The garden still provides for loveliness - but you have to look a little closer for it - nice huh?

Perspective on boulevard thistles

Lovely wild geraniums

'Before' shot of the golden raspberries!!

Asparagus also thinks it's spring again!

Oregano - so pretty this time of year

Crazy dahlia in the Hobbit Tree

Crocosmia seed heads - fyi - the colour combo in this shot is dominant in New York City home fashions - ya heard it here first!!

Buddha at the back.

Wild Geranium - detail

Fuchsia at the back hanging onto the last vestiges of summer - a few days ago

Sunflower leaf beginning to say 'goodbye for now'

Beautiful aging rose

Nasturtiums still going strong - so many colours this year

The last of the asters...

Lots of lovely web masters in the garden now

September Seed Saving Workshop - thanks Neighbourhood Small Grants!

I think all who attended the Seed Saving Workshop on September 14th with David Catzel from Glorious Organics - was amazed at both the simplicity and intricacies of the seed saving world and it's importance to us. David was most inspiring and it would be wonderful to come up with some collective seed saving strategies for our garden. It was a great day!

Thanks again to the Neighbourhood Small Grants program and The Vancouver Foundation, from which we received the funding that made this workshop possible. Let's keep the momentum going and talk about some potential seed saving strategies and ideas at our upcoming AGM.

"Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth , and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat"