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Pollinator gardens because we need bees...

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At Henry Hudson Elementary School, SPEC helped install four new garden boxes, to be filled with native plants that attract and provide food for bees and other pollinators.  Bee populations are on a decline, and as they are an important part of the human food supply, school gardens can play a role in helping them out in the urban environment. SPEC would like to thank TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for providing funding for this project, and Home Depot for helping us with obtaining the necessary supplies.

When life gives you a lemon...

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One of our school gardens, at Brock Elementary School, had experienced much abuse over the years, and finally broke. One very awesome class decided to do something about it.  With SPEC's help sourcing repurposed (recycled) paints, brushes, and paint trays, they made some great signs to let everyone know what the garden meant to them.  This garden is now more colourful than ever before!  A very special thank you to Gaia Green Products Ltd. and West Coast Seeds for donating so much organic fertilizer and seeds to us over the years!!