Spring Equinox Garden Party

It seems that spring has finally sprung down in the Youth Garden. Only one month ago we were dealing with solid, frozen ground and struggling to keep our fingers warm when we attempted to work in the garden. Now bulbs are peeking through and blossoms are blooming everywhere! To celebrate the long awaited arrival of spring, EYA got together with the team from Growing City Composting and held a little work party down in the Youth Garden for our volunteers, clients, family and friends.

The folk from Growing City Composting arrived early in the garden and set up an impressive spread of fruit, coffee and baked goods, much of which had been donated by local organizations.

Almost as soon as things were set-up, our guests started to flock to the Youth Garden and before we knew it we had almost 30 people ready and eager to help out with our garden tasks.







Consulting the planting plan I held in one hand and my trusty garden notebook in the other, I assembled our volunteers into teams to tackle the required seed sowing, bed weeding, path mulching and shrub planting.

With such a great group of energetic volunteers we soon had accomplished a huge list of pressing early spring garden tasks.

With the work done and dusted, it was time to savour the tasty treats Growing City Composting had brought and mingle with our fellow gardeners. There was also a surprise in store, with Growing City presenting a prize draw with some fantastic goodies to be won, including gift certificates for hair cuts from the Beehive Hair Lounge, loaves from Uprising Breads Bakery and lovely pastels and sketchbooks from Rath Art Supplies.

With volunteers having harvested all our remaining overwintered greens, there was something for everyone to take home. Before we were through, Andrew and Lisa (owners of Growing City Composting) presented us with a generous donation of ten full burlap sacks of beautiful, finished compost. What a wonderful gift to the garden!


EYA would like to extend a big thank you to Vancouver Farmers Markets, the Beehive Hair Lounge, Uprising Breads Bakery, Rath Art Supplies and WA-2 Water Co. for their generous donations and support. And of course, a big shout-out to Growing City Composting and all our wonderful volunteers on the day. Hope to see you down at the garden again soon!


- Claire W