Shuswap Community Teaching Garden

06/01/2026

Harvest Mondays have begun!
We’ll have a small harvest tomorrow and we still have work to complete to grow even more!
It can be a great opportunity to begin a routine of coming and helping and getting to know our garden space!

Have any extra from your garden right now? Come bring it up to our harvest so it can all make its way down to Second Harvest. Melanie has far too many radishes at the moment and so will bring those along too.

Learn more
www.shuswapfood.ca/community-garden

05/26/2026

Our first Harvest of the season! And while small, the bounty is beautiful! Some of the biggest radishes yet, some prehistoric size rhubarb, fresh herbs and overwintered leeks!
The harvests have just begun and this year can shape into a wonderful season with the help of the garden crew and volunteers and our efforts to build the soil fertility and maintain moisture.

Want to learn while doing, give back to your community and enjoy the benefits of the fresh air and lovely outdoor space? Become a Shuswap Teaching Garden volunteer!
Learn more online at shuswapfood.ca/volunteer-opportunities
We had the pleasure of having 2 new volunteers today come to help: Denise and Fred!

Thanks always to our garden supporter Buckerfield's Salmon Arm for the materials to help up expand and extend and also to Reliable Septic Services for their support for our volunteers so they ALSO can extend their stay while here!

If you would like to see a full tour of the garden, we have a YoutTube Channel and a walk through from today:
https://youtu.be/QjmxfybQXGg

05/12/2026

Summer Planting Party: 2 part Work Bee at the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden. 2 Times gives double to chance to come take part!

It’s time to plant the Summer crops! Come learn about how to grow a healthy and thriving garden while lending a hand (or two) to our community. No green thumbs necessary! We’ll be planting tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and more. Learn the ways to do it, what to add in the planting hole, watering, trellising and caring for your crops!

Learn while doing * Refreshments provided but feel free to bring a snack to share

2 part Work Bee:
*Sunday May 17th from 10am-12pm with a Seed & Plant Sale with Sue Moore of Sudoa Farms
*Tuesday, May 19th from 6pm-8pm

Families and children encouraged. Come Grow With Us!

Play space on-site * Toilet available * Sheltered space for rest and refreshments

We'd love to know how many are able to make it! Please RSVP through this link here: https://shuswapfood.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F44927
This really helps us know how to plan accordingly!

05/06/2026

Sue and Elmarie greatly appreciate having the extra hands and support while they prep, w**d, plant seeds, water and tend to the garden.

THIS Saturday, Elmarie can provide planting tips for a HOT Summer. 10-12pm.

Sue is on-site EACH Sunday from 9-11am. This Sunday is all about bed prep and seed planting!

04/26/2026

Happening TODAY! Have you been out buying seeds and plants? Maybe spending a wee fortune on that? What if you could plant your garden WITH the plan to save your own seeds and have years worth of food, right at your fingertips, every time you plant!
There is important info to know to do this successfully which Sue will share TODAY from 1-2pm up at the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden!

There's a shade shelter, bathroom on-site, refreshments and a place for kids to play. Come and see first hand the area where Sue grows the garden's Seeds of the Shuswap, seeds we sell in order to support our work growing this nourishing food to share with community!

Head to our page www.shuswapfood.ca/sunday-sessions to learn more & to register if you can (or just show up today!) We keep this accessible by having our sessions BY DONATION.

04/18/2026

This weekend, Elmarie will be on-site on tomorrow, Saturday April 18 from 10-12pm and Sue will be on-site EACH Sunday from 9-11am! For us, as long as it’s not AWFUL out, we’ll be there!

We also have Sunday Sessions this Sunday

1-2pm : Foraging and Wildcrafting
2-3pm : In-ground vs Raised Bed Gardening and how to fill a raised bed

For this weekend and THROUGH the week (see the calendar)

There is:

Soil to loosen
Compost to add to rows
Weeds to pull
Perennials to trim back/clean up
leaves to gather
trellises to build
seeds to plant!

04/18/2026

The Shuswap Community Teaching Garden has launched which means we are seeking people of all skills and ages to come lend a hand as we grow as much naturally-grown produce as we can to share with the community! Your help growing this nourishing food teaches you hands-on skills and build your own knowledge to have success growing more of your own food! Other assets to being a part of the SCTG is becoming part of a wonderful group of caring people who want to give back to their community, spend time outdoors and build fellowship!

Learn more about the garden on our website www.shuswapfood.ca/community-garden. There you can learn more about its history, where it is, our calendar of when we have garden crew there and upcoming events.

Sign up to become a volunteer: www.shuswapfood.ca/volunteer-opportunities

04/16/2026

04/12/2026

Happening tomorrow, 1-2pm, Composting 101, alongside our Spring Work Bee at the Shuswap Teaching Shuswap Community Teaching Garden! Are you wanting to add fertility to your garden so you can grow your best garden yet? From 1-2pm, we'll go over the basics to make your own compost - Black Gold - and to get started this Spring. You can see a number of systems in place here at the Garden!

We'll talk ingredients, how to build a pile, how long it all takes and also see first hand as a pallet compost bay is built on-site!

Sunday Sessions are by donation and that can be a cash donation OR a donation of your time! If you can stay after the class to lend a hand in the garden as we prepare for growing as much naturally grown produce to share in our community, we would appreciate the help!
This work can include, raking leaves (an excellent compost ingredient), pulling w**ds, loosening the soil, &adding compost to our rows.

We are encouraging a community seed and plant exchange so bring any extras you might have.

Toilet on-site, tools available, kids play space and refreshments provided.

We'd love to have you join us! The more who learn and grow their own food, the more that can be shared and that will be good for all of us!

01/05/2026

This Sunday, Jan. 11th from 1-2pm, our Sunday Session hosts Katie Joya with West Coast Seeds who will teach more about how to Grow your Own at Home: container gardening and sprouting.
Not everyone has space to have large gardens (or at all) so it's important folks can learn how they can make use of space indoors and on patios to enjoy growing food and accessing that amazing nutrition!
You'll learn about crop/plant selection, lighting needs, container sizes, soil to use and also learn more about sprouting, one of the ultimate health foods.
Registration is important as we do need a minimum of 5 to host a class. You can register on our website www.shuswapfood.ca/sunday-sessions and see a list of other planned classes.
We're back for the 2026 season, providing education and encouragement to the community to Get Growin'! Sunday Sessions for Self Sufficiency will be at Buckerfield's Salmon Arm each Sunday from 1-2 until April with additional Sundays hosted in various locations all the way into May. Come learn with us and take that knowledge into your own homes, neighbourhoods and the whole community!