Gold Winner Hope Blooms Silver Winner Feed Nova Scotia Bronze Winner Common Roots Urban Farm There’s a riot of giggling noises as Jessie Jollymore answers the phone, struggling to be heard over the din. The executive director at Hope Blooms is in the midst of a product launch planning meeting with some of the organization’s […]
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FIELD NOTES: Off-Grid Greenhouse Systems
Have you ever wondered how to save irrigation cost when you were gardening? Are you interested in solar energy? Do you have questions about when to start your seed planting? On May 14th, the coordinator of Hope Blooms Community Garden Greenhouse, Peter Wilkinson, hosted a workshop at the Common Roots Urban Farm on Off-Grid Greenhouse […]
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Gold Winner Hope Blooms Silver Winner Common Roots Urban Farm Bronze Winner Halifolks
 All respect to former Dragon Arlene Dickinson—who helped greenlight their community-garden-made salad dressing line—but given their drive and commitment, the inspiring folks at Hope Blooms were always destined for great things. This year the young entrepreneurs opened their own greenhouse in the […]
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Help enVie expand, and help some fellow north enders
It’s been a big two years for Diandra Phipps and Cory Urquhart‘s north end vegan eatery enVie: A Vegan Kitchen. After taking their farmers’ market based business to the next level and opening a restaurant at 5775 Charles Street, they’ve added cooking classes, juice cleanses and catering to their roster of offerings—on top of being […]
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The Dragons’ Den has love for Hope Blooms
It’s a beautiful day in the neighbourhood for the amazing crew of community farmers—and budding young entrepreneurs—over at Hope Blooms. The community project, started by North End Community Health’s Jessie Jollymore in 2008, has turned an abandoned chunk of land into a flourishing community garden and greenhouse over the last few years. It’s engaged 40-plus […]
