First of Many

 On Saturday, March 23rd HdV hosted its first community engagement workshop!! Having invited all of the members on our contact lists our goal was to build stronger relationships with those whom have shown interest in the project as well as keeping them updated on the progress we’ve made towards acquiring the land and the “side” projects we’ve been doing in the meantime to prep us for the real deal J

Thanks to the generous space provided by Pitzer College at the Ontario House, we were able to set up many tables that provided information about the community garden project, display our mini garden model to those who hadn’t seen it, showcase our lovely mini greenhouse in the backyard as well as our vermiculture start point. There was plenty of food for everybody, a DJ entertaining guests as they walked around, door prizes, and we even screened a mini film inside the house to those who were interested about food justice and community gardens in general. The event ended up being a BIG success for HdV!! And we hope to continue these community engagement workshops in the future to assure that the residents feel they are taking part in our development as well as to introduce the project to new community members.
Thank you SO VERY MUCH to everybody who worked hard in making this event possible and to all the Ontario residents who attended the event on Saturday.