Grow a Row is back for the 2023 season! Join us, support urban food growing and provide means for the sharing of locally grown, quality food. By participating in Grow a Row, you can continue to help fight food insecurity and increase accessibility of healthy food among Hamiltonians. Donation Locations: To participate in Grow a…
This past February 4th, 2023, Green Venture, in collaboration with Hamilton Public Library, hosted the 12th annual Hamilton Seedy Saturday. With over 1,300 people attending, the day was a resounding success, once again demonstrating Hamilton gardeners’ commitment to growing a local food movement, seed swapping, and knowledge sharing. For our return to an in-person event…
Green Venture has been running the Grow a Row project since August, 2020. As Hamilton entered a summer of recovery from the ongoing global pandemic, the Grow a Row project aimed to help local gardeners put their green thumbs to work to build a more resilient, connected community by growing a little extra to support…
Grow a Row: Tomato Care and Seed Saving This time of year is one of abundance in the garden. Nothing illustrates this better than the huge, red tomatoes weighing down the tomato plants. At Green Venture, we have celebrated our tomatoes in several ways thus far this year: selling tomato seedlings at our seedling sale…
Grow a Row: Tips for Harvesting & Drying Garlic Last week at EcoHouse, we harvested our garlic bulbs after our long wait! Garlic harvest season is here, and if you’re looking for a how-to guide to get you started, Green Venture’s garden team is here to help. Now is the perfect time to harvest your…
What is it? Green Venture is very excited to be running Grow a Row in Hamilton again this year. In joining us as a Grower, you are helping to fight food insecurity and increasing access to healthy, sustainable, and local food within the Hamilton community. Green Venture and Grow A Row Growers commit to growing…
In the midst of uncertainty, Green Venture launched the Backyard Garden Project in late May as a part of our COVID-19 resilience project. We are inspired by the continued demonstration of support, connectedness, and resilience within our community. In keeping with our mission to support and empower Hamiltonians to build a greener, more sustainable,…
In June of 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Green Venture launched the Backyard Garden Project. Inspired by the resilience, creativity, and innovation demonstrated by our community, the Backyard Garden Project’s goals were to foster the growing connections with nature and learning new skills being expressed by our community through making gardening as accessible…
By now, we hope that you’ve heard a little about Green Venture’s Grow a Row initiative — and may have even received your sweet potato seedlings! Grow a Row encourages gardeners to grow an extra row of produce in their gardens to donate, helping to fight local food insecurity and bring fresh, healthy produce to…
If you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, you may have seen us launch registration for the Grow a Row program for 2020! Whether you’re signed up and ready to go or just looking for a little more information, we’re here to tell you a little bit more about the program. Grow a Row…