It's seven in the morning on a chilly Thursday in May. We pull up to The World In A Garden and see it is still blanketed by a thin layer of silent morning mist.
The stalks of the kale leaves snap in my fingers as I harvest them, shaking off drops of shiny dew. A few picked leaves turn into handfuls of crop, and these handfuls grow into piles of vegetables. We harvest all that is ready to be eaten and maybe pop a few crispy broccoli flowers into our mouths.
Fresh spinach, broccolini, kale, and strawberries are among the delicious fruits and vegetables bursting to life this month at The World In A Garden, located at W 57th Ave. & E Blvd in Kerrisdale.
Lovingly located on city land along the Arbutus Corridor, the Garden reinvigorates otherwise vacant space where railcars on the Canadian National Railway used to zoom by.
Since 2007 The Garden has been producing fresh, nutritious food for community members like clients of the Jewish Food Bank. Throughout the summer we will continue to harvest the garden on Thursday mornings to share with you the joy of eating the freshest natural foods available.
Please come see the wonders of the garden yourself! We welcome you to visit and tour the garden on Wednesday June 30th at 11 am. Contact Lily Canan Reynolds at 604.257.5101 or lcananreynolds@jfsa.ca with any questions.
Written by Lily Canan Reynolds. Featured in this month's Hamotzi.
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