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It’s a new school year & we wanted to take this opportunity to let our followers know that you can now find Growing Up Organic updates on @CanadianOrganic Join us there to keep tabs on the good we’re doing in schools, along with the great work our colleagues at COG are doing!

We love seeing all the smiling faces while eating a #salad!!! The #gardens look amazing and all the hard work is paying off! Keep sharing and keep eating your greens! 🥗 💚 @ocsbEco @GUOottawa @CanadianOrganic

First Avenue Public School's new GUO gardens! You guys did a wonderful job, they look great! Pls keep sharing the progress! @FirstAvePS @GUOottawa @OCDSB

Summer break is approaching fast, here's our guide to #summer garden maintenance for your #school garden 🌱 ow.ly/169z50JlBHq

A big shoutout to Emily, Doug and the entire team at @makeitgreengc for the generous donation of seeds and pots. @GUOottawa will be delivering all these goodies to our @OCDSB partner schools next week!

As we get ready to plant our first #organic #heirloom seeds outdoors this year, we would like to share a moment of gratitude for the many hands they have passed through with each generation. youtube.com/watch?v=IooHPLjX…

Happy Earth Day! We are so proud of all our hard working students who over the last two weeks have built 15 new #school gardens. What a great way to celebrate #EarthMonth and #EarthDay! @OttCatholicSB @GUOottawa @CanadianOrganic

Our #SaladGarden workshop is starting next week! You can visit here to find out more about it 🌱 ow.ly/KitU50IMLUM @GUOottawa @CanadianOrganic

We are so excited to share some pictures of gardens built by students from from kinder through grade 6. Amazing team work!! @OttCatholicSB @StElizabethOCSB @OLMCarmelOCSB @StLukeOttawa @CanadianOrganic #GUOottawa

With spring officially in the air, like us - you might be getting the spring gardening itch! We invite you to visit our school planting calendar for info on starting each crop 🌱 ow.ly/Cqg650IIzcX

Just Food farm in Ottawa has a list of awesome workshops available for April 🌱 You can check them out here! 🥕 ow.ly/BllE50IEQQU

We are hard at work preparing the last details for garden builds next week! Click here to see all the information on our webpage about this exiting day 🌱 ow.ly/4IhG50ICwpP

Happy April fools everyone! A little bit of humour leading into the weekend

"The National Tree Seed Centre has been collecting, cataloguing and preserving seeds since the 1960s, but now it’s putting a special focus on saving species important to Wolastoqey and other Indigenous communities. 5:20" Visit below to find out more! ow.ly/QSht50IvtuW

A big thank you to all our amazing students and teachers who participated in planning the garden this week! A great big thank you to our facilitator, Ms. Mojo, for her hard work; 3 schools and 9 workshops in one week!

Today is World Water Day! We have much appreciation for the water that makes our gardens grow! Here are a few tips to help save on water 💦 - Watering in the morning and directly to the roots - Growing native, drought tolerant plants - Using compost to retain moisture

Canada's newest invasive specie... a jumping earth worm! cbc.ca/news/canada/london/ca…

🌱 The team is working hard at putting together educational materials for grade 6 about the importance of biodiversity! Click below to find out more about biodiversity and regenerative agriculture cog.ca/sustainable-developme…