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After the Legion parade had left the Remembrance Day ceremony, the public paid their respects Trumpeter Ken Irwin plays The Last Post during the Remembrance Day ceremony held at the
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Bruce Botanical Food Gardens grows almost extinct
Child gardeners
reap success
Lynne Taylor
Executive Director &
Sustainable Project Designer,
Bruce Botanical Food Gardens
The Bruce Botanical
Food Gardens (BBFG) is a
rare experience but in 2015
it was also growing
extinct...well almost
extinct! Although the Gar-
dens does showcase rare,
very rare, and endangered
food plants, the Sultan's
Green Crescent Bean was
the Garden's focus of
attention during the 2015
growing season as it is so
rare it has almost become
extinct. The beans pro-
duced by this very prolific
and very unusual green
pole bean were left
unpicked to dry on the
plant. The dried seeds
were then harvested and
saved. The BBFG has sub-
sequently been in contact
with Seeds of Diversity
Canada, Canada's seed
bank, and the non-profit
will be supplying 40 of the
seeds saved from the crop
to be held in Canada's
seed vault.
"This very exciting
opportunity will form the
basis of our children's vol-
unteer program in the
2016 season", reports
Lynne Taylor, executive
director of the BBFG. This
past season 24 Huron Kin-
loss day campers ages
6-11 visited the garden
and planted rare heirloom
bean seeds (and other
vegetables). "The children
were given full rein on the
planting of the seeds, said
Taylor. "They instinctively
planted them much fur-
ther apart than the plant-
ing instructions recom-
mended. However, not
only did the plants grow
twice the size but they
produced twice the crop
of disease free beans!"
Taylor noted that so many
beans were produced even
at the end of the season
that 165 guests at the
BBFG's second fund rais-
ing Harvest Dinner were
served the beans at the
event. The lesson learned?
Always be open to learn-
ing something new even
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from those younger and
less experienced and
never underestimate the
potential of 6-11 year olds
to provide for their family,
or their community.
In fact, the Garden's new
children's program is
expected to be titled `Kids
Feed Community'. Children
will be invited to participate
as Junior Agricultural Stew-
ards to help prepare plant-
ing beds, and plant, main-
tain, and harvest the beans
and the seeds of the Sultan's
Green Crescent Bean to
help save it from the extinc-
tion list.
If you would like your
child to be involved in this
agricultural stewardship
program, contact the
Bruce Botanical Food Gar-
dens by email at ltaylor@
bbfg.org. For more infor-
mation on Seeds of Diver-
sity Canada, visit www.
seeds.ca
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tree. Donations of new mittens,
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\., collected until December llth.
All donations will become
part of the Salvation Army's
Christmas packages,
delivered to area children
who are not as fortunate
as others.
For more information
please contact the
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