Senior Organic Gardeners has collaborated with the senior gardeners on Clementine Boulevard for some time. The gardeners have had great success with their seedlings from Northern Seeds and Slow Roots Farm generously funded by our numerous grant providers. They held a harvest celebration on September 26, 2025 to recognize [...]
On September 10, 2025 we held a harvest celebration to celebrate the gardeners of Russell Road for their success. Like all gardeners this year, they had challenges, but they had much more successes than setbacks. The seedlings from Northern Seeds and Slow Roots Farm grew abundantly. The gardeners proudly shared [...]
Senior Organic Gardeners wish to thank the Government of Ontario for approving and funding our latest project entitled "Enhancing Health Span." This project allows SOG to continue its highly appreciated and successful winter projects. The SOG Book Club will read one book per month in January, February, and March, 2026. The [...]
The gardeners on Clementine had spectacular success with their raised beds. SOG delivered organic seeds for sowing and organic herb and vegetable seedlings from Northern Seeds and Slow Roots Farm. These experienced gardeners spent a great deal of time outdoors carefully tending their beds and solving the challenges that gardeners [...]
Thanks to the grant from the Ottawa Community Foundation, SOG once again purchased a wide variety of organic herb and vegetable seedlings. We delivered the seedlings to ten different community groups. The gardeners were impressed with the quality of the plants. For this we thank our favourite growers-Catherine at Northern [...]
Thirty isolated seniors received three deliveries of horticultural therapy bags in the long cold 2024-2025 winter. Thank you to the Ottawa Community Foundation for the funds for this highly appreciated program. Some of the items in the bags included narcissus bulbs, Amaryllis bulbs, soil, seeds, pots, books, herbs, and journals [...]
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Senior Organic Gardeners would like to thank and congratulate Rob Danforth. Our very own Garden Coach gave a series of well attended demonstartions under the new Just Food pergola on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The workshops were part of the Just Food Seedling Saturday event at the farm in Blackburn [...]
The Senior Organic Gardeners are extremely grateful to The Ottawa Community Foundation. The Foundation generously awarded SOG a grant in the fall of 2021. SOG requested funding to establish a new website, a logo, and a comprehensive guide to the workings of the Senior Organic Gardeners. The guide facilitates the establishment of [...]
The program DSSS (DIVERSE Seniors’ Support Services) JFS continued with participation until the COVID Pandemic put a halt to in-person meetings. Now, they were isolated and somewhat lonely. At this stage JFS, through Safia Nawaz, Anne Hamilton, Betty Haris and a dedicated team of volunteers devised a comprehensive plan to [...]