May 29, 2012
Please join the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society for its Annual General Meeting this Saturday! We will be meeting in the boardroom at the Nunavut Research Institute at 2 PM on June 2, 2012.
Come out, meet the current board and join us as a member for the 2012 growing season. We are also looking for new board members to fill our ranks. We hope to see you there!
August 24, 2011
News spreads quickly in the north! The Iqaluit Community Greenhouse was featured in Nunatsiaq News following our visit last week by the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston. Have a look!
Thanks to Sarah Rogers for her article!
August 5, 2011
As a Greenhouse Society, we like things that grow. We also like to support our members. One of those members is giving a presentation next week that we think you should know about.
Carolyn Mallory will be presenting “A Whole World at Your Feet: Common Arctic Plants” at the Nunavut Research Institute (Building 959-A) on Thursday, August 11 at 7 PM.
Hope to see you there!
August 4, 2011
The Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society requests the presence of its members for the completion of our Annual General Meeting on Saturday August 6 at 2 PM in the Boardroom of the Nunavut Research Institute building.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Board of Directors invites all members to a free barbecue social. Come out for some great food prepared by your ICGS Board!
July 26, 2011
Now, we don’t like to toot our own horn, but we’re so excited, we just had to tell someone!
During the recent annual general meeting of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects held in Iqaluit from July 13 – 17, the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society was selected to receive an award for Community Service.
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Community Service Awards recognize public agencies and community groups who have contributed significantly to environmental responsibility. These awards provide an opportunity to develop awareness of others who share the CSLA’s goals and to promote the profession’s commitment to environmental sustainability.
~ From the website of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
Congratulations go out to the current and past Boards of Directors for the ICGS. We are all very thankful for the work being done. We would also like to send our thanks to the Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects for their part in recognizing the efforts of ICGS.
Vice President Nick Burnaby accepting the CSLA Community Service Award on behalf of the ICGS
July 20, 2011
With the greenhouse growing season well under way, we thought it would be nice to share some pictures with you of our Meet and Greet event back in May. We had a great turnout with lots of the Greenhouse Board and society members and their families out to pick up seeds and get their plots ready for the summer of 2011.
July 2, 2011
If you are growing radishes, spinach or other lettuces, you should check your plots. There is already lots of produce to harvest!
Pull large pieces of lettuces and spinach to make room for new growth.
Leaving radishes too long results in woody tasting radish...harvest them now!
June 4, 2011
It has been a bit of a roller coaster for us a the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society. Last weekend, the weather finally warmed up enough to unofficially open the greenhouse, but we did not yet have a reliable source of water. By mid-week, our water issues were solved. We are now faced with another challenge.
It has come to our attention that the status of the liability insurance for the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society is unclear. The ICGS board met today and tried to rectify the situation immediately but as the issue arose near the end of the business day, we did not have enough time to address and correct it.
In the best interest of all greenhouse members, we will have to temporarily close the greenhouse this weekend.
The board is actively and urgently pursuing this matter and obviously, we hope to have the greenhouse open again as soon as possible. We suspect that we shall have the situation remedied on Monday, June 6th.
Board members will be diligently monitoring everyone’s plot and ensuring that they are watered if required.
The door code will be changed this evening and as soon as everything is in proper order, the new door code will be emailed to all plot members as soon as the greenhouse has been reopened.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused our membership.
The Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society Board
May 28, 2011
Welcome to the new blog for the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society!
The 2011 planting season is about to begin! Today we will be opening up the greenhouse to our members for a Meet and Greet event. Come out to see your plots, meet your plotmates, pick out your seeds and learn about what grows well in a northern greenhouse.
Thanks to our operations volunteers that have come out to help with preparations in the past couple of weeks. The plots are looking wonderful. You’ll notice a few changes have been made. We’ve converted three of the four rows from bins to bed-style plots. We anticipate that this will help with drainage and mold issues that may have been seen in the past. We are also keeping one of the rows for bin style planting – we are aware that there are a number of members interested in planting deep root vegetables, beans and potatoes - all of which thrive in the bins. Please let us know if you prefer one or the other and we will try to accomodate your request.
We expect to have water available in the next week, so keep checking the blog and watch for emails with updates. Until then, feel free to begin planting in your plots – you’ll just need to bring your own water to do so.
Just about ready to go!
