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Community Gardens as Essential Food Services

Thank you! – many of you have written last week to support Community Gardens Must Remain OPEN as Essential Food Services in Ontario, and have signed onto this Open Letter from Sustain Ontario. Just Food’s Moe Garahan was interviewed on CBC News – Declare community gardens essential, non-profit urges. We all take safety and physical distancing seriously, to stop the spread of COVID-19. And, this can still be done while allowing thousands of people to grow food in community gardens as most rely on that food to feed their families and other community members. Breaking news from Gatineau! “For the 2020 season, the City of Gatineau is supporting…

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Registration night cancelled

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The Gloucester Allotment Garden Association Annual General Meeting and registration night for the 2020 gardening season has been cancelled. Due to the unprecedented pandemic of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Gloucester Allotment Garden Association (GAGA) is cancelling its AGM and registration night originally scheduled for 7:30 March 24th at the Louis Riel High School. The AGM will be rescheduled to a later spring date to be decided. Garden registrations to continue online and by mail Garden registration renewals will still take place through two methods.  1) Online: If you’re a gardener who plans on renewing your current plot and are comfortable with paying…

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Grass Cutting Services Needed

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The Gloucester Allotment Garden Association (GAGA) is seeking a contractor to provide grass cutting services to its two garden sites housing 385 garden plots during its upcoming gardening season April to October. Sites are located behind Orient Park Drive in Blackburn Hamlet and off Weir Rd north of the roundabout at Anderson Road. GAGA seeks: operator to provide grass cutting services to all boulevards and roadsides between garden plots service to include trimming of adjacent areas and water pipes operator to provide all required equipment and transportation Both locations to be cut and trimmed bi-weekly from end of May to…

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