By Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs - (@morrittjacobs on Twitter)

Sprouting Interest in Community Garden Workshops

Jul 25, 2016 | 2:50 PM

LETHBRIDGE – The Interfaith Learning Garden is embracing the public’s growing interest in community gardens.

The not-for-profit invites individuals and groups to learn about healthy, sustainable eating through their gardening tours and workshops.

Naomi Den Haan, Summer Program Coordinator, said the programs teach new stills through interactive activities.

“We have a lot of kids groups and we teach them how to grow their own food with little resources. They get to see where their food comes from, which is very important.”

Den Hann added that the main goal of the garden is to grow enough produce to be used in the Interfaith Chinook Country Kitchen cooking classes.

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Any produce left over from the cooking classes is used for the food bank’s clients.

“Every couple of weeks we have stuff that teaches techniques on gardening such as: working with bees, composting and mulching and tea drying. Most people come here with little experience and then they walk away with more tools to feed their families on a budget,” she said.

In the garden you will find various examples of garden types, including square-foot gardening, found objects gardening, raised-bed gardening, and greenhouse gardening.

To observe clean eating from start to finish or to book the garden for a tour visit: www.InterfaithFoodbank.ca.