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July 16, 2020
No matter where you live, people love to garden. It’s universal.πΏππβπ£ 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! πππ
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July 16, 2020
Plants are natures gift.πΏπβππ£ 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! πππ
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July 16, 2020
The sweetest lettuces.πΏπβπ 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! πππ
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July 16, 2020
Sunflower plants. It’s now about 30cm tall!πΏπβπππ
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May 15, 2020
Hi Iqaluit! Veggie growing season is here and things are happening at the community greenhouse!Β Due to COVID gathering restrictions, we have had to re-think our approach for volunteers.Β At this time we are not holding public open houses and/or work bees.Β Seedlings have been started and the food that is produced will be used at the Food Centre.
The bright spring weather has been great, and the greenhouse is getting hot!Β That being said, we are looking for a few individuals who are interested in helping out, mostly with temperature control and watering.Β If you are interested please contact us! Either via our facebook page or at our email iqaluitgreenhouse@yahoo.ca, with your availability and the amount of time you want to commit.
The community greenhouse has gloves for volunteers, and will coordinate when people are in the greenhouse to respect COVID restrictions.
May 16, 2018
…. TIME TO START GROWING AGAIN!!
Please join the Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society at our Annual General Meeting Saturday May 26 at 11am inside the Greenhouse. We’ll go over our activities from the past year, discuss ideas for this year, and elect the new board of directors. If you have an interest in learning more about the Society’s activities, want to check out the Greenhouse, and/or want to join the board (there are openings!), please come on out!!
February 17, 2018
A special thank you goes out to all of you who have been coming out and supporting the Greenhouse through trivia. We made over $1500 in our fall season!! These funds will go to help buy seeds, more grow towers, and other equipment for next summer!
The winter season of trivia is in full swing now. Check out our Facebook Β https://m.facebook.com/IqaluitGreenhouse/ page for more info!
January 18, 2018
The Iqaluit Community Greenhouse Society has recently become a recipient of Canada 150 funds through a partnership with Tree Canada and the Canadian National Railway. This funding program has been planting trees across the country in celebration of Canadaβs 150th birthday. Well, itβs easy right away to note that Nunavut does not have trees, nor do we have a railway, but we do have a community who are making efforts to grow local produce and promote healthy living!
We were lucky enough to have Geraldine Hyland with Tree Canada come to Iqaluit to learn more about the Greenhouse and our partnerships with the schools to grow produce 12 months of the year. A presentation was made at the High Schoolβs assembly to highlight that these funds will be going towards buying more hydroponic towers to be shared between the schools and the Greenhouse. (This is the first year that the towers were used in the greenhouse in the summer and the schools during the school year). There will be a plaque displayed at the Greenhouse to honour this partnership.
We thank Geraldine and Tree Canada and CN for their contribution and look forward to getting these towers set up and growing!
For more information about this or any other activities, or to volunteer, or to make a financial donation, please contact us through email, instagram, or facebook!
January 7, 2018
This post is definitely a LOT late, but better than never! We would like to thank from the bottom of our hearts our amazing volunteers who watered throughout the summer and kept the greenhouse looking lush and green. Thanks goes out to:
Cindy Rennie
Amy Clark
Rhose, Brian, and Gabriel Galia
Jean and Rayelle Simpson
Nicole and Roland Giles
Check out some action shots of our watering crew. Our only regret: that we didnβt get a team group shot at the end of the season! Next year for sure!
October 5, 2017
We know we keep inviting you to our last work party, but this really is our last! Come out Thursday October 5 at 5:30 to help us get the greenhouse ready for the fall craft sale (happening Saturday 12-4!). We will be setting up a demo hydroponic tower, so if you havenβt had a chance to see these babies in action, come check it out!!