Building Roots

A little update from us! 🛍️💚

We’re so grateful to everyone who has donated reusable bags to the Market over the years. Going forward, we’re no longer able to accept reusable bag donations.

Thank you for thinking of us and for always finding ways to support Building Roots and our community — we really appreciate it! 🌱

Fresh from the garden and straight into a fresh roll. 🥕🥒🌿

Join community member Kristen on August 29 from 12–2 PM at the Moss Park Community Garden for a hands-on workshop all about the veggies growing right here in the garden and their nutritional benefits.

Then, put that knowledge to use by making your own fresh rolls, catered to your personal health needs!

🌱 Garden-grown ingredients
🥗 Learn about nutrition
🥢 Make (and eat!) your own fresh rolls

**Registration is required —https://gardenfreshrolls.eventbrite.ca

Something BIG is taking shape at the Moss Park Market 👀✨

Our market container is getting a whole new look, with .omelo working their magic and bringing some serious colour to the space.

We’re only giving you a little peek for now… stay tuned.

A huge thank you to for helping make this happen.

We wrapped up our final day of this Community Leaders cohort with one last session exploring our **Land as Leadership** theme. 🌿

Facilitator Nicole Klenk led us through a hands-on day of learning about natural dyes, fabrics, and printmaking.

Nicole is a professor of Environmental Sciences, as well as a textile artist and researcher, and gratefully shared her knowledge and practice with the participants.

A creative and thoughtful way to close out this chapter of the Community Leaders Program. 💚

Bitter melon is one of the plants we grow in the Moss Park Community Garden at the request of our community. 🌱

It’s a familiar and well-loved ingredient across many of the cultures that make up Moss Park, so we were excited to finally see it ready for harvest!

Our volunteers were especially happy to pick it fresh from the garden and share it with community members.

A little colour and conversation in today’s session 🎨🌼 We spent the morning by the Market and enjoying some time together.

Don’t forget — we’ll be back next Thursday at the same time!

If you’re 55+ and would like to meet other neighbours from Moss Park, try something creative, and spend a relaxed morning together, come join us. Just drop by! 💛

Join community member Tanjina for a fun, hands-on cooking workshop featuring Malabar spinach and red amaranth, picked fresh from the Moss Park Community Garden. Learn how to prepare delicious meals, share food, and connect with neighbours.

Saturday August 15th from 11:30 - 1:30pm
at the Moss Park Community Garden

Free to attend👩‍🍳
Registration is required - https://MPGCookingFun.eventbrite.ca

Our community has some serious artistic talent 🎨🌿

We had such a lovely garden painting day creating colourful signs and plant labels to brighten up the space.

A little plant knowledge can go a long way 🌿

Our Community Leaders joined Garden Manager Nico for a walk through Moss Park, learning how to identify some of the common plants growing throughout the neighbourhood.

To wrap up the workshop, the group used broadleaf plantain to make a soothing balm that can help relieve the itch from mosquito bites—a practical recipe to have on hand.

Ingredients:
Fresh chopped plantain leaf
Olive oil
Beeswax

As the Community Leaders Program approaches its final weeks, workshops like this are helping participants build practical skills they can carry forward. Nico’s session offered a strong example of how to lead an engaging, hands-on workshop while also encouraging the group to slow down, observe their surroundings, and deepen their connection to the land and plants growing in their own neighbourhood.