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July 16, 2020
No matter where you live, people love to garden. It’s universal.🌿🍀🍀☘🐣 Note: All our produce goes to the Qajukturvik Community Food Centre, & Iqaluit Greenhouse will be helping them to produce nutritious meals for the needy of Iqaluit, Nunavut! 💖💕💞
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August 19, 2017
Workshop Rescheduled
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The 2nd Annual Sprouting Workshop is being rescheduled from today to Thursday during our regularly scheduled Open House. We apologize for any inconvenience.
August 15, 2017
Trivia and Open Houses and Workshops, Oh My!
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So many things are happening at the greenhouse this week, it’s enough to make your head spin!
But if you spin on down to the greenhouse instead, you’ll find lots of fun, friends, and food. Here’s our breakdown for the week…
Trivia Night: Come out tonight for the last trivia night before our Fall League starts. Warm up your brain, and organize a team for the league. See you at 7:30 PM at the Storehouse Bar & Grill!
Thursday and Saturday Open Houses: There is always plenty to do during our open houses. Weeding, watering, planting, and harvesting. Come and see what we’ve got growing this week.
Sprouting Workshop: Join Josh to learn how to grow your own sprouts at home. If you’d like to take a sprouting kit home, be sure to bring a large jar, and a rubber band that will snugly fit around the mouth of the jar. We recommend a pickle jar, or a larger mason jar.
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August 9, 2017
Summer Days are Made for Learning
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Hope everyone was able to enjoy the gorgeous long weekend weather – especially Monday! If you want to be reminded of the heat, you need only take a visit to the greenhouse.
We have a few things going on this week.
Come and check us out on Thursday at 5:15 PM and Saturday at 1 PM for our usual open houses. You never know what’s ready to harvest and take home. All are welcome!
This Saturday, we’ll also be holding our first of two annual summer workshops: Vermicomposting! From 2 to 3 PM, join Josh in the greenhouse to learn about how worms create rich soil from food waste.
Are you interested in vermicomposting at home? Be sure to bring two Rubbermaid-style containers of the same size, and we will supply everything else that you need. The size of the container should depend on how much space you have at home to create a compost bin, but generally a smaller size able to fit on a countertop will be suitable.
Stay tuned for next week…we’ll be hosting another Trivia Night and workshop!
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July 20, 2017
Open House Tonight!
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Don’t forget…our regularly scheduled open house will be starting at 5:15 PM today!
This will be followed up with another open house on Saturday from 1 PM to 4 PM.
We’d also like to give a shout out to a community effort to clean up the area of town from the dump to the causeway. This cleanup will be happening Sunday at 1 PM, with sponsorship by Baffin Building Supplies, Tim Hortons, and the GN Department of Environment. All are welcome to come out and pitch in. Gloves, dust masks, and garbage bags will be supplied. Be sure to wear proper footwear.
July 6, 2017
Let Us Ask You Some Questions
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Questions? You mean…
Yes. That means it’s Trivia Time!
While we wait for the autumn to arrive so we can begin our Trivia League, we’re giving you a chance to come out and test your mettle. We’ll be holding a trivia night on Tuesday, July 18, and again in August. Stay tuned for further details.
May 30, 2017
Unnusakkut!
Please join us this Saturday from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. for an afternoon cleaning the grounds and organizing lots of materials for this years growing season! We have lots of manual labour we need help with, so bring gloves, a motivated attitude and a bottle of water!
We have lots of exciting things planned for this year, but before we roll out new and exciting ways you can get involved in building a more food secure Iqaluit (& Nunavut) – we need to start from scratch and get things in tip-top shape! Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Ulluqatsiaritsi!
April 25, 2017
Wanted: Your Creativity!
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Do you have a flair for design and a passion for growing food in the Arctic? The Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society is hosting a t-shirt design contest and we need your entries!
Categories: 10 years and under; over 10 years
Prizes: a 2017/18 Iqaluit greenhouse membership, and a t-shirt with your winning design!
Design requirements
- Submit a design no larger than 8.5 x 11 inches (letter sized).
- Design should have a white background.
- No more than two colours should be used. Bonus if they are colours from the ICGS logo.
- Try to avoid using text, if possible. Let your picture speak for itself!
Not sure what to draw? Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Growing food
- Planting seeds
- Food security
- Greenhouses in the snow
- Harvest
If you’re a student and your teacher is helping to coordinate entries, please submit to your teacher, who will forward to the ICGS Board. If you are not a student, please submit your entry by email.
The submission deadline is May 15, so hurry!
April 17, 2017
Final Trivia Night this Season!
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Yes, it’s our last night. But fear not…we’ll just be taking a break. So come out to the Storehouse at 7:30 on Tuesday to get in a few more rounds of trivia before the greenhouse opens for the season. Come and see which team reigns supreme!
April 3, 2017
Trivia Night Tomorrow!
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So sorry for the confusion from the last post – there are still two more trivia nights left, including tomorrow night!
Come out to the Storehouse at 7:30 for some friends, fun, and fundraising for a good cause. We’ll be getting the greenhouse up and running again within a couple months! We hope to see you tomorrow!
Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society 