Green Thumbs Growing Kids

12/02/2025

Link to donate:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/139943

This Giving Tuesday your gift can go twice as far. A generous donor is matching all donations up to $10,000.

Help us strengthen food literacy and garden-based programs for students in our schools.

Give today and double your impact! 🌱

11/12/2025

Fall Harvest at Eastdale CI 🍂🍠💚

Photo 1: Teacher Sean Miekle supports students to turn these veggies into lunch!
Photo 2: Student Sandor Lancos, proud harvester of Sweet Potatoes - part of the 400 lbs or so that came out of the beds on the Eastdale rooftop this October. Beds are about 12-14” deep, allowing for this crop to flourish!

Next step - figuring out how to make Sweet Potato Chips and live up to the Slips to Chips name of the project! Thanks to the School Food Infrastructure Fund, via Farm to Cafeteria Canada, for the funding to purchase the slips and the equipment for chip-making.

Make sure to follow our new page Green Thumbs Growing Kids to see the video for more about the team making this happen!

11/12/2025

Reminder to follow our new page for updates! 🌱

This past October we harvested sweet potatoes from our rooftop garden at Eastdale CI. The slips were planted in June and now we are harvesting alongside the ...

08/29/2025

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08/29/2025

We have a new page! Please give Green Thumbs Growing Kids a follow to stay up to date on all things Green Thumbs!

08/19/2025

We are launching a fundraising campaign to grow school gardens, food literacy, and hands-on nature education in downtown Toronto.

This fundraiser will support:
- School garden-to-kitchen programs in 10 schools
- Indigenous-informed volunteer training
- Community access to Green Roof Garden in Regent Park

We’ve received two grants that allow us to expand our infrastructure in meaningful ways!

However the grants don’t cover the cost of staff, so we’re launching a fundraising campaign here on Facebook to raise $15,000. This initiative is part of our larger campaign to raise $100,000 to match the infrastructure grants. We need your support to help bring these projects to life.

In our 26th season, we are helping to lead the way in Canada’s new Universal School Food Program, as well as demonstrating rooftop farming in Regent Park.

Visit this link to donate: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/green-thumbs-growing-kids/p2p/together-we-grow/

06/26/2025

Green Thumbs Growing Kids is recruiting board members to help lead our school-community garden programs! If you believe in environmental stewardship and hands-on learning, we’d love for you to apply.

To learn more, visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SUTASQP1_KF2GURLE1A6BST8XB5_avKKK_RGeYYPAfM/edit?tab=t.0

06/23/2025

Join us for our AGM and potluck on Wednesday, June 25 — dinner at 6pm, meeting at 7pm. Register to attend in-person or online. You must register to attend this event. See you there!

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYvFn0BoZHTccX1mqF-iEKJZl4VKEwLfEo7lMhw-QcywQrOA/viewform

06/17/2025

Join our School Garden Land Back program and learn how to start or help in a school garden near you!

🪏 Hands on in-person sessions
🪴 Learn from Indigenous mentors

🔗 To register, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiqiduxx4CvNmrkj-4w8dqyexKlqFBSY1rXIdv4zKdKUMncw/viewform

05/22/2025

🌱 School Garden Land Back Program 🌿

Want to start a school garden but don’t know where to begin?
Join our hands-on training program and learn everything you need to know!

📅 June 5 – July 31, 2025
🕙 Thursdays, 10am – 12pm
📍 Local school gardens in Cabbagetown & Riverdale

✨ What you’ll learn:
🍓 Indigenous knowledge + horticulture & landscape design
🐝 Pollinators, edible plants & harvesting
🧱 Garden infrastructure
🧩 Design your own garden & get expert feedback

🌿 Green Thumbs has 25+ years of experience growing gardens with Toronto kids, schools & communities — and we’re excited to share it with you!

💚 Pay what you can (Suggested donation: $100 for 9 sessions)

📧 To register or learn more: [email protected]

Let’s learn & grow together 🌾🌎

05/06/2025

Check out the final items of our silent auction! Bidding ends this Saturday! To place a bid, visit https://event.auctria.com/1aff8ee9-0b59-4a36-aebe-e71a8ed6fa46/a780d600ec2e11e9ae081db830846aa5?2bd25550ec3411e98fdeb3a273cf08d8%2Fq=&2bd25550ec3411e98fdeb3a273cf08d8%2FcurrentPage=0&2bd25550ec3411e98fdeb3a273cf08d8%2Fgroup=All

04/25/2025

Check our our silent auction in support of our garden programs!

To bid, visit: https://event.auctria.com/1aff8ee9-0b59-4a36-aebe-e71a8ed6fa46/a780d600ec2e11e9ae081db830846aa5?2bd25550ec3411e98fdeb3a273cf08d8%2Fq=&2bd25550ec3411e98fdeb3a273cf08d8%2FcurrentPage=0&2bd25550ec3411e98fdeb3a273cf08d8%2Fgroup=All