April 21, 2011 Volume 10 • Number 16 50¢ Newsstand Price
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5th Annual CAP Team
Golf Tournament
Awakening the Dreamer – page 3
June 16, 2011
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Sanbiki fundraises for Japan – page 5
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Garden design creates an edible landscape Less than a year ago stood a few derelict buildings on the 100 block of Victoria Street. Once standing proud and tall, these relics from the past were well beyond the point of being able to be restored and they sat sad and vacant for the longest time. It wasn’t until this spring that the buildings which once housed some of the most prominent businesses and organizations came down and now it is a waiting game to see what magnificent structures go up in their place. In the meantime, one of the property owners, Casey Van Dongen and his Tri-City Contracting have given the go-ahead to the Kamloops Public Produce Project to occupy one of the pieces of land for the season. This lot which now sits empty and vacant will be the very first totally public and open edible garden. “The Kamloops Food Policy Council in partnership with the Thompson Shuswap Master Gardeners Association received a Food Security grant from the Interior Health Authority to create a public edible garden,” explains Kendra Besanger who is working on coordinating the project. “With this funding as a start to the project, a community group called the Kamloops Public Produce Project will work together and transform
Urban designer Darrin Nordahl from Iowa will be in town to share his knowledge, as the folks at Kamloops Public Produce Project get geared up for their planting season.
an empty lot on the one hundred block of Victoria Street into a beautiful, edible public garden. This project is already underway and it will continue throughout the spring, summer, and into the autumn months.” The goal of the garden is to bring the community together and assist them in obtaining the skills to start and maintain their own gardeners. All season long there will be workshops put on by the Master Gardeners on site as well as by carpenters who will demonstrate such things as how to build raised beds. Right now, the garden is in its first stages, the ground has just been leveled and soon they will be putting in the beds. Unlike the Community Gardens, the plots will not belong to specific people and will be open for the community as a whole to enjoy. “We want to see what happens when we beautify our public spaces,” continues Kendra. “There will be no fences as all. This is really a pilot project to see how it goes. We already have had some very interesting wall art appear.” As this is a new project and concept for Kamloops, the group is pleased and excited to welcome Darrin Nordahl, landscape architect, community planner, and author of the book “Public – continued on page 2
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