Community Garden

LTCES is excited to welcome our community to the Lake Trail Community School Garden. This is a welcoming space for both the school and broader community, which supports a broad range of activities and events. Garden infrastructure includes garden boxes, a greenhouse, irrigation, and a waterproof shade sail structure which further extends the use of the garden for the school and the community into the shoulder seasons.

Garden Gnome Potluck Parties

Our Thursday garden meetup is not a WORKparty…but rather a workPARTY. We grow and eat food together. We call ourselves the Garden Gnomes and we have room for you. Come on out and workPARTY with us! 
 
  • Starts after spring break.
  • Free for all ages.
  • No gardening experience necessary.
  • “Fun luck” dinner starts at 6:00.

 

We harvest and cook from the garden. Pot luck items appreciate when it feels fun and easy to bring something along. It always seems to work out that we have enough.

Show up… or email gardencoordinator@ltces.ca for more information. All welcome! 

School Garden Programming

School gardens are magical places to learn! 

Lake Trail students have opportunities to connect through lunchtime and after school programs, and Lake Trail Community School classes utilize the space as an outdoor classroom. 

Watch for spring youth programs!

Garden Education

Garden Workshop Series 

LTCES has a long history of offering community workshops from experienced gardeners.

Be sure to check back for workshop offerings. 

Project Goals

  1. Building a safe outdoor space that is welcoming for both the school and broader community, and which supports a broad range of activities and events.
  2. Offering a natural garden environment for the many residents in our surrounding neighbourhoods that do not have access to backyards.
  3. Inclusion of Indigenous knowledge through plantings, programming, and plant interpretation.
  4. Teaching tools and methods to grow food locally and contributing towards a more resilient urban neighbourhood.
  5. Building hope and food security in the face of climate change.