Community Kitchen Success at Trout Lake

There is something new brewing at Trout Lake Community Centre...! A group of 15 people from the Trout Lake neighbourhood have been meeting monthly to develop their cooking skills together, in a social atmosphere. Many of the participants met while using the Food Bank Depot at Trout Lake Community Centre.

Tenny Bache, the volunteer coordinator of the Community Kitchen at Trout Lake, says "we focus on cooking new and interesting recipies that are affordable and healthy. We have cooked all types of food - we choose recipies as a group while we eat together at the end of each kitchen." They have gotten together 3 times and the upcoming Kitchen session will end with a picnic by the lake!

The Kitchen is supported by Vancouver Coastal Health and Fresh Choice Kitchens, and there has been so much interest in the Kitchen that they are looking to set up another one. If you would like to volunteer to start up and new community kitchen in Trout Lake/Cedar Cottage, contact tlccfoodsecurity@gmail.com

Open Stage at Cedar Cottage Garden

Shadows and shapes make their way
Under the skytrain tracks, to the big Red "A"
Complete strangers coming together
Each with our own reasons to dream
About growing food in this place
We are fighting against frustration and learning about patience
Understanding that it takes just as long to build community
As it does to make a garden.

The 2nd monday of each month is Open Stage at Cedar Cottage Garden. Bring a poem, song or story to share: 6-8 pm, everyone is welcome!

EPiCENTER! A great success at Commercial Drive Car Free Festival

Volunteers served up loving spoonfuls of "stone soup" at the Car Free Festival on Sunday June 15th at Commercial Drive. This free meal was a delicious example of the wonderful creations that can occur when many members of the community contributes something small, like a carrot or cabbage.

There were also demonstrations on worm composting and small space gardening, brought to you by the Trout Lake Food Security Network. Thanks to everyone involved!

The next Network meeting will be on Monday June 23rd, from 6 -8 pm at the Trout Lake Community Centre, in the Boardroom.

Creating Community Gardens Seminar

On Sunday June 1st, the Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA), helped Cedar Cottage Gardeners take a big leap forward in creating our neighbourhood's newest community garden!

We mapped out our community assets and made plans to obtain soil and compost and start planting flowering herbs in the Purple Planter Boxes next Sunday June 8th, from 2-4 pm. Everyone is welcome to join in, and if you have any flowering herb plants to contribute, please bring them along.

Cedar Cottage Garden is located at the Austrian Heritage Plaza under the skytrain line at Victoria Dr. and Hull St.

Work Parties every Sunday at Cedar Cottage Garden!













Cedar Cottage gardeners are clearing invasive plants and cleaning up the garden site.

We are also planting native plants, including salmonberry, red currant, and strawberry.

Work parties take place every Sunday from 2-5 pm.The garden is located at Victoria Dr. and Hull St. below the skytrain tracks. Look for the big red 'A'. Everyone is welcome!