Congratulations to our gardeners on Somerset Street. Last fall they had a great harvest of organic vegetables. The gardeners grow their plants on the mezzanine in raised tables. Downtown Ottawa always figures prominently in photos of their garden. SOG is always happy to bring them seeds, seedlings from our favourite [...]
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 [...]
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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Thanks to our growers and our May, 2024 deliveries, gardeners on Gladstone Avenue started planting vegetables for the 2024 gardening season. We look forward to hearing about and seeing the beautiful beds they have created. We wish them gardening success and hope they enjoy the food they grow.
The gardeners on Somerset Street have had a hugely successful gardening season. They garden in raised self-watering tables and in buckets on the mezzanine of their centre town building. Thanks to the NHS grant, SOG was able to purchase a few more tables from Lee Valley, organic soil and seeds, [...]
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 [...]
