New Community Garden!

Join us to discuss your vision of community gardening and what could grow here. We will meet on July 20th at 7 p.m. in the Slate Room at HSCA, 1320 5th Avenue N.W. Interested? Read on below, or e-mail Jim Stirling at jimstirling@shaw.ca for more information.

Proposed site of community garden:

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Hillhurst Sunnyside Non-Profit Housing Task Force

The minutes from the meeting on June 10 are below. The next meeting is Thursday, July 22 at HSCA.

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Farmers' Market Opening Wednesday June 2

The official opening day for the new and improved Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers’ Market begins Wednesday, June 2nd from 3:30 to 7:30 pm.

To celebrate a wonderful growing season and the opportunity for local consumers to meet and interact with local producers, the Steve Pineo Trio will be providing some sweet tunes.

Everything from grass-fed [...]

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What to do about that empty space?

This Wall needs a Makeover!

Have you ever walked, cycled, skated or passed by the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association Centre and said to yourself  ”Wow – that place could sure use some colour!”? Well, I’ve been saying that for a while now, and I’ve finally got around to doing something about it…

That’s why today I’m calling for recruits to [...]

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Vitalization Committee Update - LRT

The issue of the triangular green spaces east of the LRT tracks has become an item of discussion at recent Vitalization Committee meetings.

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Fallen Fruit Rescue

Fallen Fruit Rescue
By Gael Blackhall, Community Garden Resource Network
Reprinted with permission from the Calgary Horticultural Society. The CGRN program is supported in part by The Calgary Foundation.

There’s a hidden harvest in Calgary. Urban food foragers know that within the city limits there are luscious stands of Saskatoon berries and raspberries growing wild which are [...]

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