Heritage Varieties of Spring Crops
Planting Heritage Varieties of Vegetables and Berries
Professional Guidebooks and Resources
- Growing Opportunities: A Social Service Agency's Guide to Garden Programming
Growing Opportunities is a practical, step-by-step guide to creating a garden program for your organization or agency. It is intended for those who want to bring the benefits of growing and communal gardening to their agency's clients and their broader community. Whether your aim is to create a small herb garden at a youth shelter, an accessible raised vegetable garden at a seniors' centre or just about any other type of communal garden, Growing Opportunities gives you the full range of information and tools you need to get your project started. 2008, 78 pages.
Complete Book (PDF, 4.8 MB)
Chapters 1-2 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Chapters 3-5 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Chapters 6-7 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Appendices and Resources (PDF, 640 kB) - Urban Naturalization in Canada: A Policy and Program Guidebook
This resource provides practical guidelines to help municipalities promote naturalization through their official plans, policies and operating procedures. It also includes case studies from across the country profiling innovative policy approaches. 57 pages. Hard copy: $15. Free download.
Chapters 1-4 (PDF, 1 MB)
Chapters 5-6: Bibliography and Appendices (PDF, 150 kB)