Grow Regina is now incorporated and the first annual meeting, with elections, will be held in the spring of 2013. Thank you to the newly… »
Spotlight on Gardeners
Best Garden Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the first “Best Garden Competition”. Most Innovative Gardener – Members are encouraged to demonstrate various gardening techniques that help gardeners to maximize the use of their garden plot space and its productivity. Some innovative gardening techniques include: square foot gardening, intensive gardening, lasagna gardening, and raised bed gardening. Congratulations to… »
Regina garden brings Afghan women peace, friendship
Nichole Huck interviewed three ladies from Afghan who shared their story on CBC-Radio. The ladies shared their experience about leaving Afghanistan and adjusting to living in Regina and their first experience of gardening in Saskatchewan at the YARA-Grow Regina Community Garden. “This is a place that even though there is a language barrier … you… »
Gardening Across the Generations: Ways for Grandparents to Help Grow Young Gardeners
You could say that my great-grandmother, my father’s grandmother, loved to garden, but I don’t think it would capture her passion. She had hundreds of flowers growing in beds all around the house and in every windowsill. She and my great-grandfather didn’t have much, only a wood furnace for heat, and yet her African violets… »
Ruth M. Buck School Planting Day
Today, several Grade 1 students from Ruth M. Buck School planted their garden for Plant a Row • Grow a Row (PAR•GAR) at the Yara-Grow Regina Community Garden. The weather was sunny, but windy! Sheryl Miller, a loved Grade One Teacher at Ruth M. Buck School, has coordinated the planting of a garden with Grow… »