Urban Ag Day Events September 9-17 September 9-10 Open Doors at Ripple Farms Come by the Urban Farming Unit to test water, plant seeds 9 am – 3 pm Rosedale Valley and see biomimicry in action! Evergreen Brickworks www.ripplefarms.ca 550 Bayview Ave. September 12-17 Montgomery’s Restaurant Toronto-grown menu Montgomery’s will feature a menu highlighting Toronto’s Tuesdays-Saturdays Queen & Ossington many local growers, farmers and producers 5:00 pm – 11 pm www.montgomerysrestaurant.com 996 Queen St. West September 9-17 Livelihood Kitchen/Café Vegetable and herb garden back patio will be open to 8:30 am – 7 pm customers for viewing, and for $20 a private high tea for 2 254 Augusta Ave. people for 30 minutes (serving coffee/tea and sandwich squares) www.blogto.com/cafes/livelihood-toronto/ September 15-16 Waterwheel Farms – Aquaponic Tours Waterwheel Farms is Toronto’s first west end indoor September 15 Queen & Dufferin aquaponic farm where fish and plants are grown together 2 pm to 7 pm in a mutually beneficial ecosystem. Tours are free and open to the public. September 16 www.waterwheelfarms.ca 9 am – 3 pm 442 Dufferin St., Unit B September 16-17 UA Day at Evergreen Brickworks From Indigenous medicines, heirloom corn and honey to 10 am – 2 pm Rosedale Valley tomatoes and tilapia, you’ll be surprised at what cities can grow. Tours of the gardens on site by Brother Nature. Composting – with worms and without! Children’s Mud Creek Terrace activities. Tea making workshop with Tibo Teas. Evergreen Evergreen Brick Works Garden Market showcasing products to get you started on 550 Bayview Ave. your own garden. Event is free and open to the public. www.evergreen.ca/whats-on/event/celebrate-urban- agriculture Saturday, September 9 Picnic @ Edible Allan Gardens Building Roots and partners invite you to bring your lunch 12 pm Jarvis & Carlton and enjoy this oasis and urban agriculture demonstration Entrance through a gate of over a dozen contributing groups. Our Picnic will be a on the northwest side of shared learning experience to explore a variety of heritage Allan Gardens Park near and traditional grains and vegetables, and how urban ag Jarvis St. Free. can work to liven public spaces. Free.

@BuildingRootsTO #BuildingRoots #EdibleAllanGardens Nuit Verte Join the Winchester School Community Garden for 6:00 – 8:00 pm Cabbagetown storytelling with Chris Cavanagh and marshmallows. Corner of Winchester Free, everyone welcome! and Rose Aves Tuesday, September 12 UrbanAg at UofT  Launch of Ivey Library's new Urban Agriculture and 1:15 pm - 4 pm Bloor & Spadina Food Collection, honouring Jac Smit  Reception and raffle of urban agriculture books Starting point: Ivey  Tour of Dig In! Campus Agriculture gardens, the Library at New College, rooftop Sky Garden, aquaponics system, University of Anthropology greenhouse and Huron-Sussex Toronto. Enter at 40 Community Garden Willcocks (just east of Spadina) The Wonderful World of Soil Life An interactive, hands-on workshop for gardeners to better 6:30 – 8:30 pm Keele & Bloor understand the abundant life in soil. Learn about the critters in our soils and how they work as a community to Redeemer Lutheran make your soil function. Bring samples of your garden soil Church to look at under microscope. 1691 Bloor St West Workshop is free, a light meal will be provided. Contact (south side, east of Compost Council of @ 416-535-0240 Keele) Wednesday, September 13 Toronto Food Policy Council Public Forum – Growing in the City Organizers from a range of exciting urban agriculture 2 pm – 4 pm Yonge & Dundas initiatives in Toronto will share how they increase food (doors open at 1:30) access, build stronger communities and contribute to local economies. Featured projects include: Ryerson Architecture  The Stop Community Food Centre’s Building Mashkikii;aki’ing Medicine Wheel Garden 325 Church St. (ARC202)  Community Farm  Fresh City Farms  San Romanoway Community Garden and fruit tree care social enterprise

Event is free, everyone is welcome! www.tfpc.to Putting Your Garden to Bed Workshop with FoodShare What steps do you need to take before the cold weather 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Riverdale sets in? Learn some tips to keep you a step ahead for the Eastview next growing season. Participants will learn about cold Neighbourhood weather crop extension and take home some cold weather Community Centre seeds. Youth Lounge

RSVP: 86 Blake Street Laurette Jack (416) 392-1750 ext 315 [email protected]

Thursday, September 14 Dinner at the Black Creek Community Farm: A Night of Culinary Enchantment BCCF is hosting a fundraiser dinner in collaboration with 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Jane & Steeles some of the best chefs in the GTA. Support this unique 4929 Jane St. urban farm and savour delicious food made from some of the best vegetables grown in the city. The night will be filled with acoustic guitar under the trees, dinner in the outdoor pavilion and dessert in the food forest. www.blackcreekfarm.ca Fall Harvest @ Huron-Sussex Community Garden Join our community harvest of our first trial of potato 5:30-7:00 Spadina & Harbord towers along with carrots, beets and ground cherries. 360 Huron St., south- Our event is open to the Huron-Sussex and the west corner of Glen surrounding communities (Harbord Village, and Morris the Grange). Follow us on FB: https://www.facebook.com/huronsussexgarden/ Twitter @ HuronSussex or contact us @ [email protected] Lotherton Community Orchard & Garden Tour The Family Tree Community Orchard is made up of 75 1 pm – 3 pm Caledonia & young fruit trees planted and cared for by the residents of 109 Lotherton Pathway Glencairn Lotherton Pathway (Caledonia/Glencairn). We have been told that we may have "the biggest urban orchard in North Free parking is available America"! onsite. It is accessible by TTC via bus route #47 This is a free event and it is open to the public. (running along For more information, please email Beatriz at Caledonia Road) or bus [email protected] or text/call 416-357-486 route #14 running along Glencairn.

Toronto MyMarkets farmers’ markets These are the only three MyPick verified local markets 3 pm – 7 pm East Lynn based in Toronto. Vendors are true farmers, selling only 1949 Danforth Ave. Bloor-Borden what they themselves grow and produce – including some west of Woodbine urban growers! Fresh local produce is available, as well as honey, meat, eggs, cheese, and baked goods. 539 (parking lot south of www.my-market.ca Bloor & Borden) 25 East Liberty St., west of Strachan

Friday, September 15 GrowTO Market at Scadding Court Community Centre See GrowTO Market page 11 am- 3 pm Dundas & Bathurst 707 Dundas St W Growing Diversity: a reception at Ashbridge Estate Join Building Roots with an opportunity to meet some of 5 pm – 7 pm Toronto's food leaders in a beautiful City space you've 1444 Queen St E., east probably never seen. of Greenwood Hear about our partners' perspectives in urban growing, food justice and sovereignty, including the Black Farmers and Growers Collective, NishDish Marketeria & Catering, Abokichi, Duke of Connaught students, Bashir Munye and Heather Allen. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and refreshments from our partners Chef Bashir Munye and Chef Johl. Free and open to all, RSVP https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ApufFZUp5rj4yzVCx2yVwPZ6EPwItfg20_NJ4G6fBb4/ Toronto Rehab’s GROW: Garden Rehab On Wheels Open House Event includes garden tours, a scavenger hunt game, and a 12:00-2:00 pm Parkdale local corn roast and sale. 130 Dunn Ave Admission is free York Hispanic Centre Harvest Party Celebrate the creation of a native pollinator garden with 2:00-6:00 pm Keele & Rogers Rd Latin music and food prepared by members of the 1652 Keele St (at community kitchen. Learn about medicinal and cooking Nashville) herbs. Scarborough Campus workshops 11am - 12pm DRYING HERBS & TOBACCO Workshop 11:00-12:00, 2:00-4:30 Morningside & Ellesmere Facilitated by Indigenous Elder, Wendy Phillips 1265 Military Trail Culinaria Kitchen SWS313 Do you want to learn how to dry some herbs? We will be using the herbs we find the gardens on campus to do a demonstration on drying. We will also look at drying tobacco through the lens of indigenous culture. 2pm - 4:30pm CANNING & PRESERVING WORKSHOP Facilitated by Professor Donna Gabaccia Culinaria Kitchen SWS 313 Learn how to safely preserve and tomato sauce with a workshop on canning and preserving. Using the water- bath canning, the workshop includes prepping your sauces, a background on the origins and history of food preservation and home and industrial canning. Completely hands-on and lots of fun. We have limited spots for these workshops. Please sign up by emailing [email protected] Saturday, September 16 Garden session at Access Alliance APOD Rooftop Garden Visit the vegetable and native plant gardens on the Green 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Danforth & Victoria Roof and experience the pollinators inhabiting our audio Park bee cabinet. Learn more about green initiatives at the 3079 Danforth Ave (east Community Health Centre and enjoy an abundant oasis of of Victoria Park) local food and herbs, skill building and community engagement amid the apartment towers. The weekly garden group is specially offering a one-day open house for members of the public to drop by in celebration of Urban Ag Day.

Sunday, September 17 Welcome to the Greenbelt: A Celebration and Walking Tour The Don River is now part of the Greenbelt, let’s celebrate! 1:00- 4:30 pm /Lower 1:00-2:00 pm Pop-up at CRC Regent Park. 2:00 Rivers Don Valley Rising walking tour begins. The Don River and the people 40 Oak St who have lived and worked on it have been key to Toronto’s food and water systems for thousands of years. This tour focus on the community gardens, immigrant communities, and Indigenous peoples that have shaped and been shaped by the Don Watershed. This Toronto Environmental Alliance event is free but you must register for the tour at http://www.torontoenvironment.org/don_river City Cider Festival City Cider festival is an all-ages urban harvest celebration, 12:00 – 5:00 pm Spadina & nestled in a heritage orchard in Toronto, presented by Not Davenport Far From The Tree and Spadina Museum. This annual Spadina House event features live music, delectable eats, freshly pressed cider, a hard cider bar featuring cideries, magic for 285 Spadina Rd. the little ones, field games, and so much more! All proceeds from the event support Not Far From The Tree’s Toronto based fruit picking and sharing program.

Tickets $10 in advance until Sept 14 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-cider-2017-tickets- 36409004312 $15 at the door Frankel Lambert Community Garden Harvest Party Harvest Party for the whole community - potluck, free kids 4:00 – 7:00 pm Christie & Dupont events, community celebration of the Garden's harvest 340 Christie St north of Dupont