Tag: Porcher Park
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Compost your pumpkins at Porcher Park Community Garden
Sunday October 5, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke, UFRIS Executive Lead After you’ve celebrated Thanksgiving with pumpkin pie or Halloween with jack-o-lanterns, your pumpkin is wanted by Mother Nature! Save the pulp and seeds for baking or gardening, and put the rest into composting. Compost options: For raw pumpkins (not cooked), here…
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Porcher Park Community Garden harvest donations to Living Edge Westshore
Sunday July 27, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke. Executive Lead, UFRIS Two raised garden beds at Porcher Park Community Garden (PPCG) are used for growing veggies that get donated to the community. The gardeners at PPCG have come to know the boxes as 32 and 33. Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS)…
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Midsummer gardens are growing
Saturday July 12, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke, B.Sc., Executive Lead – UFRIS Gardens are growing at Porcher Park Community Garden in Langford. Over 31 local households have invested their time, gardening skills and care to grow edible foods in raised garden beds. The range of plants includes lettuce, carrots, potatoes, beans,…