Meeting with Metro Vancouver Youth Garden

A couple of weeks ago, I had the honour of meeting up with fellow youth who are passionate about gardening. I heard about them through Metro Vancouver Youth4Action, an organization with youth leaders from across Metro Vancouver. Y4A aims to support youth leaders to achieve their vision and actions for sustainability. This past summer, Y4A created its own bed in a community garden located at Clark St. and 12th Avenue. This allows the Youth Garden to stay connected, share pictures, and talk about the plants it is nurturing. 

On August 7th, 2012, I met up with the Youth Garden at their potluck event to hear more about their garden and let them know about ours. We also met up with the initiators of the Youth Garden, and learned about eh process they went through to create it. It was a great experience since I gained connections, as well as support for our starting Seed Library. Also, the Youth Garden has become a member of the Kerrisdale Seed Library! PW Community Garden has become partners with the Youth Garden, providing mutual support to both groups.

Cheers to this splendid achievement! Finally, here is a  good-bye picture of the Youth Garden, and me on behalf of PW Community Garden.

New friends! From left to right: Vivian, Sheida, Karen, Akshiv, Steven, Bowen, Jason, and Aliya.

Credits to Aliya Dossa.

For more information about Metro Vancouver, check out their website:
http://www.metrovancouver.org/region/Youth4Action/Pages/default.aspx

Once again, to become a member or volunteer for Kerrisdale Seed Library, contact us at kerrisdaleseedlibrary@gmail.com .
Seed you soon!

-Sheida Naderi-Azad