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Graze Celebrate The World In A Garden

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The world in a garden

Well friends there is a very cool evening coming up with one of our favourite restaurants fundraising for one of our favourite causes.

On Tuesday, Dec. 16th, Graze restaurant is donating 20% of dinner sales to help The World In A Garden build school gardens around the world! Simply book a table at {604-620-8822}, mention The World In A Garden, and you’re on your way to enjoying a delicious meal. There is also Silent Auction. Please share and invite your friends as well!

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The World In A Garden is a multicultural urban farm and garden project that educates community and youth about the nutritional, cultural  and environmental aspects of growing and eating food.

Community:

Farms are located between East and West Boulevard between 57th &  55th Avenue in Vancouver, along the railway tracks. Drop in Mondays from 3-5pm. Visit the Get Involved page for more information.

Education:

Educational programming includes nutrition and environmental education workshops, youth leadership, our Bee-Coming Leaders: Bee School for Kids!  and school programs.

Culture:

The World In A Garden provides a community space to grow traditional and culturally appropriate foods from various ethnic backgrounds. This allows traditional food culture knowledge to be preserved and shared within the community. Cultural Potlucks are an engaging  way to celebrate, share and learn about various cultural food choices, growing techniques, and nutritional benefits of unique food varieties.

Sustainable Food Production:

Current plans for expansion include the development of an interactive and educational urban farm site that will include diversified food production. The new site is planned to include vertical food growing, and a chicken coop to display what is possible in urban spaces.

Social Enterprise:

The World in a Garden are growing in a variety of ways to be financially self-sustaining with a social enterprise that includes  rain barrel project, farmers’ market sales, honey from bees, gift baskets and educational programs.

Our Global Vision:

The World In A Garden is working to launch The Global Garden Project with the first pilot project in Costa Rica in October 2014. Additionally, we are currently working to install gardens in Chennai India in January 2015 in order to support self-sustaining community building and the interconnectedness of cultures through food production.