Category Archives: Dawson Community Center

Contrôle naturel de ravageurs // Natural Pest Control

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

English follows below Le Réseau de jardinage vous invite à vous joindre à Andreas du projet Un plant de tomate à la fois sur leur magnifique jardin-toit-terrasse collective pour en apprendre davantage sur le contrôle naturel des ravageurs.   Mercredi, … Continue reading →

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Camp d’été – Summer day camp

Posted on July 19, 2015 by

L’animation de camps du jour va bon train pour nous! Que ce soit avec les mains dans la terre, des projets, des expériences, des bricolages ou de la cuisine les occasions d’apprendre se succèdent à travers des activités amusantes et éducatives!   The … Continue reading →

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Dawson Rooftop Garden Open House!

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

On Wednesday June 12th, 2013 Krista and Naomi will be holding an open house at the Dawson Rooftop Garden before Dawson’s Annual General Meeting. Come for the beautiful view and sign-up for this year’s programming. If you’d like to get … Continue reading →

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September Events! Événements en Septembre!

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

TODAY!  Sept. 6th — Film Screening AUJOURD’HUI! 6 Septembre — Projection de Film We are screening the film “King Corn” — “a humorous and touching documentary about two best friends who decide to move to Iowa to grow an acre … Continue reading →

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Smells like autumn in the kitchen

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

Last Tuesday we salvaged tons of cucumbers, carrots, and radishes from Terater’s market surplus, plus some apples from the South West United Mission. Both Terater and the Mission are close partners with Un Plant de Tomate and support the effort to … Continue reading →

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Brine + spice

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

Last week’s market surplus left us with a bunch of green beans, carrots, and celery. The Food Transformers tackled them all with spices and brine to create a slew of pickles. Below are a few photo highlights from the workshop. … Continue reading →

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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Last week the Food Transformers workshop involved four different recipes, which just happened to represent the first four colours of the rainbow. Red: pickled beets Orange: spicy pureed carrot soup Yellow: lime + ginger marmalade Green: green onion + cucumber … Continue reading →

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Basil…Pesto!

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

There’s the old adage “when life gives you lemons make lemonade”. But what do you do when life gives you basil?  And not just a little bit of basil, but basil galore? You make pesto, of course! And lots of … Continue reading →

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