On Aug. 18, seven participants in the Urban Agriculture Summit, hailing from as far away as Oregon, attended a Green Thumbs Growing Kids...

Small Change Fund – Urban Roots Youth Catching Rain Wow, what a dry summer up until last week. Our youth worked on the rainwater...

Being a “hands on learning”, I always enjoyed arts and crafts in school. Creating an example prior to our kids program, I loved choosing...

Students building an earth block garden bed Want to know how to build a garden bed with children on a school ground? Come join our Urban...

Timothy (named after the hay I hope he likes) Bun-Bun (name given by the family who rescued him) has joined us at GTGK! He’s a 3 mo old...

Green Thumbs Growing Kids is a finalist in the Group Category of Hometown Heroes, a national celebration of environmental achievement....

Bringing school food gardens into a provincial network has long been a goal of ours at GTGK. Thanks in part to a grant from the Heart and...

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Job Posting – Urban Gardening Program Leader, Urban Roots Youth Program Part-time contract, March 19 to June 29: 20 hours/week; July...

Please check our website at http://www.kidsgrowing.ca/get-involved/volunteers for the postings. You don’t need to be a children’s garden...

Please check our website at http://www.kidsgrowing.ca/get-involved/jobs for the latest posting.

Susan Hay’s Making a Difference segment on Global TV hit all the right notes. http://bit.ly/s7ghjU

What to do before the weather dips below zero degrees and damages the still-green tomatoes dangling from your plants? What to do when you...

Do you feel that? It’s the cool fall breeze rustling your hair. Do you hear that? That’s the sound of children’s voices gleefully picking...

snails kissing for the camera, Winchester School Garden Jan Wong’s silly article “The Horticultural Revolution” ( or as it says on the...

Are you a community artist? If so, Green Thumbs Growing Kids needs YOU! On September 24th, we are hosting our Tenth Anniversary Garden...

Happy 10th anniversary Winchester School Garden! We are proud and elated to announce that it is the 10th year anniversary of Winchester...

Collecting herbs and berries for herbal lemonade in the garden. Pre-school aged girl enjoying the aroma of thai basil flowers. Day camp...

Growing up as a kid I had to be cautious around food due to my sensitivities and allergies.  It didn’t help that my mom would make sure I...

Yesterday I was lucky enough to represent Green Thumbs Growing Kids at the Parks and Environment Committee meeting at Toronto City Hall...

Meghan the intern here again, bursting at the seams to talk to you about one of my latest adventures!  As a student whose academic...

Here’s your smile for the day – our summer garden drop-ins are back and we would love to have you over for a visit!  They will be running...

Great news – remember how we were looking for some amazing youth to fill summer positions with GTGK this summer?  Well, we’ve found three...