Lake Trail Community School Garden
The Lake Trail Community School Garden is at the heart of LTCES. It is managed by LTCES’s Garden Coordinator and cultivated and maintained by students, teachers, parents and members of the community. Through the community garden LTCES provides a natural space for events, programs, permaculture education, and food security and food literacy education.
Twice weekly work parties offered community members an opportunity to learn, share skills, and connect to the garden and the food literacy program. This summer our Lammas First Summer Feast saw 60 community members come together to celebrate and share the harvest.
Throughout July and August, LTCES offeres Summer Sprouters, a free drop-in program three mornings a week in the garden. Through this program LTCES addressed the play and learning needs of parents and caregivers with young children six months to five years, many living in the Lake Trail neighbourhood. Community partners and guest facilitators are engaged to enrich programming offerings.
Volunteer Work Parties
Volunteers are invited to help in the Lake Trail Community Garden on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. Whether you are an experienced gardener who would like to share your knowledge to spread the messages of sustainable edible education and permaculture, or a beginner who wants to learn while working with others, we would love to hear from you! Volunteers share in the harvest.
Email LTCES Garden Coordinator Elaine Codling at laketrailgarden@gmail.com for further information.