Stories From The Garden
Many people have wondered and asked about the inspiration behind Sprouting Chefs. What makes Sprouting Chefs different from a handful of other similar organizations.
Why a Garden Club?
An After School Garden Club was created as a way for the parents of the garden project to step back and allow the students of the school to have a greater involvement with the garden. Not only are the students maintaining and watering the space to give the project more sustainability, they are also the
Cooking for the Community at Forest Grove Elementary
One of the main goals of any school garden program is to grow food in a school garden that can be used in the school’s lunch program. I knew this from the very beginning of Sprouting Chefs but also knew that the size of our garden at Forest Grove was not nearly big enough to
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What to do with Tomatoes! Tomato Sauce and Tomato Crostinnis
With Summer starting a bit late this year due to a cooler July 2016, tomatoes are at their peak now in September when normally, the peak season would be August. Our crops at Forest Grove Elementary are doing really well under our hoop house which is also protecting them from late season blight. Even the
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Summer Sets, Autumn Rises: Summer Re Cap and Back to School Reconnection
Summer Cooking Camps, Garden Work Bees, Campers, Volunteers, Seed and Good Times There has been a ton to reflect on in the last two months. It was the first time Sprouting Chefs was back in the gardens cooking with kids in the summer since 2010 and to be honest, I was a mix of excited
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Herbs 101 – Top 6 Herbs for a Kitchen Garden
Herbs 101 – Mediterranean Herbs A base for cooking to not only enhance the flavour of any dish, herbs can also be beneficial for your health adding much needed antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Herbs added to any dish can also culturally identify your dish from adding fresh cilantro to a Mexican salsa to adding methi
How Wayne Dyer Has Influenced Sprouting Chefs
With the passing of Wayne Dyer this week, I have felt called to speak about how his teachings have influenced what we do at Sprouting Chefs. Although we focus on garden programs in schools, a main ingredient we like to foster is the love within us and all around us. How if we truly love
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Environmentors
Teens these days can get a bad rap. I for one, as a mother of younger children, have the odd fear that my kids are going to grow up in world infused with social media mixed messages, over sexed marketing schemes and that whatever the Kardashins are doing is the trend. Sure the media tends
2014 Summer Reflections – A Mixed Bag of Seeds
Today is September 22, the first day back to school for kids in BC and almost the first day of Fall 2014. Naturally, I am inspired to reflect back on these past few months of growing, planting seeds and harvesting an abundance of growth at the school garden at Forest Grove Elementary here in North Burnaby,
Walking the Path – Building a School Labyrinth
As I sit here today with a pile of “to do’s” on my never ending list of to do’s, I am feeling called to share the experiences of the past month or so. Walking the path, as this title implies, not only means walking the path a labyrinth design creates to find the inner meaning
