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People enjoying the garden
The new Bosnian garden, named "New Horizons Community Garden" was initiated by the members of the "Multicultural Association of Bosnian Seniors and their Friends", a non-for profit organization funded by Social Development Canada (New Horizons for Seniors Program). Our main goal About Us is to reduce the isolation of seniors through various activities, educational workshops, social gatherings, and community sharing initiatives.
The New Horizons Community Garden has been a remarkable success. The Bosnian seniors and their friends, from the different regions of former Yugoslavia have made wonders with the garden in just two months Photos. It is becoming a main attraction of the neighbourhood. Everyone passing by is curious, asking questions, and congratulating us News?. Four new families from the neighbourhood, Polish, Portuguese, Ukranian and Chilean, are also diligently tending their garden lots, and we have daily admirers in passengers riding the Bloor subway. It is so nice to see people working together in harmony and for a good cause.
The main reason that this garden is so beautiful is because the people are passionate about it. They are working in it with love, enthusiasm and dedication. They are sharing their experiences and talents, and they have an abundance of it. The garden has become a magnet that is pooling them out to come almost daily to the garden, to see what is new, how the hot peppers and swiss-chard are doing, if the flowers need watering, but most importantly to see friends, to have a small chat, to laugh, to hear a joke, to try somebody’s home made garden squash pie, and relax. Many admitted that having this garden made them, for the first time since immigrating to Canada, feel a sense of belonging. They feel good, proud, useful and valued. And with a power to take initiatives and responsibilities for organizing, maintaining and managing the garden area, seniors are already having plans for improvement for the next year. There are plans for making educational workshops about organic gardening, on how to prepare compost, on developing a web-site, on networking with other community gardens, and collaborating with neighbouring schools, senior groups and the whole community.
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