Making a father's day card for Dad

There’s nothing like giving dad a dinosaur on Father’s Day. Some of the kids who joined us in the Orchard last Sunday plan on doing just that. They attended our make a Father’s Day card workshop – one of our free community events at the Harvest Table.

Tarah Feder from The Paper Boutique (875 Eglinton Ave. West, Unit 5) hosted the kids workshop. The invitation and printing shop brought cards depicting dinos, dogs, horses and even a Superman that kids could colour in for their dads.

The kids did a fantastic job, and even some adult visitors were seen colouring in a card or two for the men in their lives. Thanks to The Paper Boutique for coming to spend time with our community! We hope they will come back again and join us soon.

Earlier in the day, five volunteers helped weed our pollinator garden. All the rain this year has been great for our perennials, which have sprung out of the ground with vigour this past month. But of course the weeds follow suit, so the stewardship team need to be on the job at least twice a month.

The scarlet red poppies in the pollinator garden are breathtaking and can be seen from across the park. The serviceberries are forming and should be ready to harvest in a few weeks. And our new babies (the new cherry and plum trees we planted this year to replace the two trees that had to be removed) are doing well.

Don’t miss our upcoming martial arts day on June 26. Classical Martial Arts (978 Eglinton Ave. W.) will host a free martial arts workshop at 1 p.m. And later that evening, come back at 8:30 p.m., to see our outdoor movie feature, the Karate Kid (2010), hosted by our city councillor Joe Mihevc.

The stewardship team members pose with our poppies

...and the pollinator garden just six weeks ago after a stewardship day