I've volunteered at past work parties at #WellandCommunityOrchard in the past.

This Sunday, I'm taking Mom there for a Summer trees pruning workshop. It's free for seniors & disabled folks to attend 🙂

Gather, harvest, and learn at one of the largest and most diverse #CommunityOrchards in #Canada. Once the backyard of local #conservationist Rex Welland, the #orchard is home to nearly 200 #FruitTrees and vines, including many rare varieties of apple, pear, plum, fig, grape, hazelnut, kiwi, paw paw, and more.
It was Rex’s vision to have his land loved, used, and #stewarded by the public, and since 2013 we’ve been working with the Town of #ViewRoyal to turn the orchard into a #CommunityResource.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/our-projects/welland-community-orchard

#CommunityBased #CommunityBuilding #CommunitySharing #Wsanec #LekwungenTerritory #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FoodSecurity #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BritishColumbia #CommunityLed #LifecyclesProject #YYJ

"Libraries are about books and reading, of course. But they are also about providing people with a 'third place' for programming, services, and socializing; they are one of America’s only truly cross-class spaces, [Emily] Drabinski [of ALA] noted."

~ Lora Kelley

#libraries #books #education #SocialSpace #PublicSpace #CommunityResource
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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/12/library-gen-z-readers/676963/