New Evergreen Blog
Evergreen is known for making cities more livable, and there are a lot of great things that happen along our way. We’ve had bag pipers at planting events, a weekly lunch club to stay motivated and we get crafty at workshops. Learn all about it at the brand new Evergreen blog, and find out how you can get involved.
Coming Soon: New Evergreen Website
Stay tuned to this page for the brand-new Evergreen Website, set to launch this fall! With a brand-new look and navigation you’ll be able to find resources, local events and funding opportunities like never before.
Evergreen Brick Works Gets a Royal Visit
November 6 saw a visit by his Royal Highness Prince Charles to Evergreen Brick Works to address the Innovation, Leadership and Sustainability Forum.
Press release »
Brick Works Forum »
Picnic at the Brick Works a Delicious Success
To all the chefs, farmers, sponsors and volunteers, thank you for helping make the third annual Picnic at the Brick Works a sensational event. Visit the Picnic page for links to articles and photos.
Learning Grounds Funding Applications Now Available
Back to a barren school ground? Add some green this year!
The Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds program distributed over $210,000 to support 136 school ground greening and food gardening projects across Canada. We want to do it again this year!
The funding application for the 2009/10 school year is now available on the Learning Grounds Website. Funds tend to run out before our January deadline, so apply quickly!
Read more »Tell the Story of the Brick Works
What’s your connection to the Don Valley Brick Works? We are seeking stories from individuals who have a link to this inspiring site through work or play. Help contribute to a growing historical archive and support an exciting documentary film. Tell us your stories… we’ll bring the site’s fascinating history to life.
Evergreen Brick Works
Sun-Ripened Saturdays to Return in May
The Season in Numbers
2,650 volunteers hours donated to make the Sun-Ripened Saturday Programs run1,000 Farmers’ Market visitors each week
160 dedicated volunteers
50 fabulous vendors
30 community partner organizations helped to make it happen
19 mornings of The Chefs’ Market
3 colourful festivals: Doors Open, The Sustainability Fair and First Nations Harvest Festival
1 fabulous Picnic at the Brick Works—a moment to celebrate the harvest in style
Thank You!
A big thank you goes out to everyone who helped make the season rock: our incredible volunteers, our dedicated visitors, our community partners, funders and friends. We'd love to have you all back next year!