It’s scape season! Garlic scapes are the immature flower of hardneck garlic varieties, which must be removed in order for the bulb to properly develop. They are delicious eaten raw or cooked , imparting either a “green garlic” flavour like a garlic chive when raw, or a very mild sweet garlic flavour when roasted or sautéed. Some of our gardeners have even pickled them! We are harvesting scapes this week, why not join us? #garlicscapes #scapeseason #communitygardeners #communitygardens

We’re pulling weeds and planting seeds down in the garden today!! Join us every Tuesday from 4pm to 7pm for drop-in gardening. Everyone is welcome, no experience required!! #communitygardens #orillia #communitygardensareawesome

It’s a beautiful day in the garden! Drop-in gardening 8:30 am - 11:30 am every Sunday, everyone welcome! #communitygardens #orilliagardening #growyourownfood🌱

Excited to announce our official opening day for 2023! If you’ve always wanted to learn more about community gardening, here’s your chance! With lots of ways to participate, including low-commitment options, there’s every reason to join in the fun this season 🌱 Join us at 433 Gill Street N. (behind Brian Orser Arena) on May 21st, 9 am to Noon, to find out how you can get growing this year!

“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” - A.A. Milne What a wonderful day to get to know some weeds! Day two of garden clean-up starts at 1 pm this afternoon. Everyone welcome, drop by to find out how you can join our community of gardeners this season. 433 Gill Street behind Brian Orser Arena. #communitygardensrock

Who else is ready to get growing??!! Today’s the day! We will be having the first of two Spring Clean-Up sessions today at 10 am til noon. Come on out and play in the sunshine, meet other gardeners and find out how you can get involved in community garden this season!! Everyone welcome. #communitygarden #orillia

Woohoo, let’s goooooooo!!!!! 🌱🧄👨‍🌾🥔🪴🥦 High Street Community Garden is ready to get growing!! Join us for drop-in gardening on April 30th and May 7th, where you can check out the site and find out about how you can get involved in 2022! Everyone welcome. Some tools provided but you are encouraged to bring your own. Can’t wait to reconnect with the community and meet new gardeners too! #communitygardensrock #springgardening #communitygardencollective

Hey look we’re famous!!!!! Amazing feature on how far our little garden has come since last year in Orillia Today newspaper! Grab a copy and check it out 🌻 😀#communitygardensbuildcommunity

Not all of the glories of the garden were planted by us! Some of the biggest wild grapes we’ve ever seen are growing in the hedgerow at the edge of the garden this fall 🍇 #wildforaging #hedgrerowtreats #communitygardensareawesome

We can’t wait to see you at the garden today!!! Our Harvest Celebration event will be a ton of fun, rain or shine! Come learn how to plant fall garlic, watch the ribbon-cutting on our new garden beds and check out a real fire truck our neighbours, the Orillia Fire Department, are bringing to the garden! #gardenevent #communitygardens #fallharvest

We are here at the @orilliafarmersmarket - come say hello!! We’re at the market to spread the word about our Harvest Celebration event next Saturday, September 25th, from 3 pm to 4 pm. Stop by our booth to find out how you can get involved with community gardening, get some seed-saving tips and see some of the food we have produced this year! Special thanks to our amazing community partner, @campcouchiching for loaning us a tent! #communitygardeners #getinvolved #celebratetheharvest #farmersmarket

***EDIT*** The above address is incorrect - it should read 433 GILL STREET*** We are very excited to invite the community to our year-end celebration on Saturday, September 25th, 3 pm to 4 pm. Join us for garden tours, a garlic-planting demonstration, family activities and the ribbon cutting for our brand-new allotment beds. Everyone is welcome to come celebrate another amazing growing season - see you there!!! #communityeventorillia #communitygarden #celebration

One of the biggest conversation pieces at High Street this season has been our Indigo Rose tomato planting. It’s easy to see why - the tomatoes are so unique and eye-catching. The fruits you see in this photo are still not quite ripe: when they ripen they will have reddish flames of colour at the blossom end. #indigorosetomato #gothgarden #heritagevarieties #communitygarden

🤩 Look at that beautiful eggplant! Head to our website for a delicious marinated eggplant recipe. 🍆 We meet at the garden to weed, prune and harvest every Sunday from 9-11 am and Tuesday from 5-7:30 pm. See you then!

Harvesting summer cabbages! We will be harvesting even more foot at this morning’s garden session, 9 am to 11 am. Please come join us and share the veggie love! #growyourownfood #communitygardensofinstagram #cabbageharvest

We always update our pedicures before the garlic harvest!! #prettygarden #organicgarlic #communitygardens

Peas and cucamelons 😯 💚 Photo credit gardener @kayjay77 #communitygarden #peas #cucamelon #whatisthis #tiny #adorable

Good morning checkin after all that lovely rain yesterday Need a tour more your speed? Join us this morning at 9am at High St Park 😊 🌱 #communitygardens #rainydays #tour #goodmorning

Rain again!!! Due to the thunderstorms on the forecast, drop-in gardening is cancelled this evening. Hope to see you on Sunday!!! #raincheck #seeyousoon

The kids garden is coming together Come check it out & join tomorrow Tuesday July 20th @430pm 🧑🏻‍🌾 #melon #garden #nofilter #kidsinthegarden

See you soon! #sunday #newweek #letsgrow #communitygarden

Tonight’s Drop-In Gardening has had to take a rain check! Thunderstorms are beautiful from a covered porch but not so much in the garden. Luckily all our little plants are loving all the rain 💙 We’ll be back in the garden on Sunday, 9 am to 11 am: hope to see you then!! #thunderstorms #showersbringflowers

I don’t know what’s more beautiful this morning; our growing garden or the ladies gardening hats at the Seniors Workshop today 😁 #communitygarden#hatoftheday #gardenhats #senior #programs #workshops

Who love red currants? WE LOVE RED CURRANTS!!!!! #communitygarden #berryharvesting #redcurrants #kidsinthegarden

Sister,brother and pup enjoying & working hard yesterday in sun ☀️ Great work guys! #communitygarden #familyaffair #sunnydays #weekend

It’s a foggy morning here at the garden. This week the kiddos of the community are most excited for the #goldenraspberries also known as “salmon berries” as shared by 8 year old gardener Aden 😊 Drop in tomorrow Sunday July 4th from 9-11am to sample & join us #communitygarden #salmonberries #berries #fog #goodmorning

Our youngest gardener stopped by yesterday - only a few weeks old and already getting outdoors with mum!! #gardenbaby #communitygardening #kidscangrowfood

Hey Orillia! Have you always wondered what’s growing at the High Street Community Garden? Today is your chance to find out! Join @orilliarecreationandculture Community Garden Coordinator Emily Wilson at 5:30 pm for an edible tour through the garden. Everyone welcome, no fee for the experience, sign up through the City of Orillia Recreation website or register when you arrive at the garden. Can’t wait to see you there! #juneisrecreationmonth #communitygardentour

Surprise, we’ve got strawberries!! Maybe some strawberry shortcake for #fathersday ??? #communitygardening #perennialgarden #strawberryseason

Two of our community partners, @sharingplaceorillia and @orilliarecreationandculture have facilitated an awesome donation of some seedlings! Peppers, cabbages, tomatoes and squash, here we come! Since there’s lots to get planted, why not join us this Sunday morning, 9 am to 11 am? Everyone is welcome, and we may have some extra seedlings for community members to take home too! #seeyouatthegarden #communitypartnerships #communitygardens #plantingseason

In recognition that many of us gardeners are settlers on Indigenous land, we are taking steps to learn about food practices of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Wendat Nations. High Street Garden is located on unceded territory, traditionally cultivated by these nations. Today, we planted a Three Sisters garden consisting of Tuscarora White Corn, Algonquin Pumpkin and bean seeds saved from last year’s garden. Check out Mohawk Seed Keepers to see the amazing preservation work done by the folks there, and to educate yourself on traditional plant varieties. #wearealltreatypeople #decolonize

One of our pollinator friends visiting the chive blossoms! While High Street Garden primarily grows food, we make sure we include flowering edible plants and native pollinator plants like wild bergamot and coneflowers. Feeding the insects helps us feed our community - the majority of fruits and vegetables rely on pollinators to grow properly. #thankstobees #communitygardeners #chives

Three generations of gardeners tending an allotment yesterday afternoon 💚 #communitygarden #kidscangrowfood

It’s garden day! Stop by from 9-11 am today to see what’s growing and what we’re planning for the month of June! 🌱🥕🍅

Some beautiful new growth happening at the garden today! We are now meeting at the garden every Sunday morning from 9 - 11 am to prepare the beds for planting over the next few weeks. We would love for you to join us! 🥕🍅🌱

Biggest sweet potato...ever?

We’ve “bean” waiting all summer for you 💜💜💜 #communitygardening #scarletrunnerbeans #orillia

Today is our final community harvest! If you’d like to lend a hand, or just stop by to see how our garden has grown this year, we’d love you to drop in! 11 am to 3 pm. Social distancing and mask-wearing in effect. #communityharvest #communitygarden #pitchin #fallharvest

Call it Lacinato or Dinosaur, Covolo Nero or Black Tuscan, this kale is amazing! #growkale #communitygarden

Seed saving season is well underway!! #communitygarden #sustainableagriculture #bushbeans #seedsaving

Butternut Squash, basking in the afternoon sun ☀️. #growyourownfood #communitygardening #butternutsquash

We had a lot of great helpers when we harvested potatoes last week! #potatoharvest #communitygardens #kidscangrowfood

Tomato season is winding down with the cooler weather. These beauties just need a few days on a sunny windowsill to ripen!

Today we saved some beautiful beans to plant next year! We harvest every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday morning. 👉Swipe to see the produce from today’s harvest that’s been left in the cooler for anyone to take home! 🥔🥕🌱

Just a few beans 😜 Yellow zucchini, tomatoes and, one gorgeous bell pepper in the cooler! Swing by to pick some up today.

Our tomatoes come in all shapes and sizes 🍅 Stop by on Sunday between 9 and 11 am to try some! • #communitygarden #heirloomtomatoes #freshtomatoes #gardening

We harvest on Wednesdays and Sundays! Swing by to help out or if you are walking by help yourself to whatever is in the basket or cooler! #communitygarden #orillia #freshveggiesfromthegarden #kale #lotsofkale

Simple salsa—made from the High Street community garden. 3 tomatoes + a few sprigs of cilantro. #communitygarden #tomatoes🍅 #salsa #freshveg #orillia

Lots to choose from at Sunday morning’s harvest! #kale #harvesting #organicgardening #community

Tomato season is full swing! We'll be harvesting these deliciously sweet yellow tomatoes, campari tomatoes, beans and kale tomorrow. Stop by between 9-11 am or, check the harvest basket/cooler afterward. All are welcome to help with harvesting and other garden projects going on too! 🍅 #tomatoes #tomatoseason #somanytomatoes #beansfordays #kale #communitygarden #communitygrown

We’ve been building muscles taking and shovelling a mountain of wood mulch, graciously donated by @bandbtree . Our pathways and common areas are already looking better thanks to B&B, thanks to them for contributing to the community! #communitygardening #pitchingin #mulch

Rainbow chard is so beautiful, and bountiful! Golden hour at the garden never looked so good 🌈 • • #rainbowchard #communitygarden

This little guy looks cute and fuzzy, but luckily we didn’t pick him up when we saw him in the garden! Turns out it’s an American Dagger Moth, and the black bristles can embed in human skin and cause an itchy rash. A good reminder to ‘look but not touch’ as much as possible when we’re interacting with other creatures in the garden. #caterpillar #gardencritter

Two of our gardeners, creating our welcome sign! Check out the chalkboards featured on the sign to find out about planting and harvest days at High Street. #creativity #getinvolved

Golden hour in the garden... #communitygardening