St. Mary's Community Food Forest

11/05/2024

We were featured by the NB Media Co-op after discussions around the city's new urban forestry plan and the recommendation to pilot a food forest project.

Food security has been a serious concern in New Brunswick for decades. The Covid pandemic heightened those anxieties and prompted

10/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out to the community apple cider pressing yesterday!

10/01/2024

Bring apples and bottles and take home some apple cider this Sunday!

08/23/2024

Our annual veggies are doing great! The swiss chard is about ready to be picked and our cucumbers too. Our thyme and oregano would love to be used in your cooking. The corn,beans, tomatoes, carrots and russian melons will be ready soon, hopefully in a couple of weeks. Come on down!🌱

08/14/2024

And that's a wrap! Our permablitz events are now on pause. Good news is we'll continue them next summer. We're hoping to get more fun activities and projects in development for you all to help us with in the future and make these events a long lasting tradition!

08/13/2024

Harvest day for our Beets and Seabuckthorn Berries! Some apples were leftover from the garden party this sunday. All of these will be heading over onto Gibson street at the yard sale store🌱

We have so much more Seabuckthorn left on our trees if you would like to come pick some yourself and make it into a delicious jelly, sauce, drink and more!

08/07/2024

Come on over and hang out with us this beautiful evening! We'll be putting up our new welcome sign, fine tune our main gate and have the kiddos make beaded strings for the gate latches. Hope to see you there!

08/01/2024

Andrew and Sam have done amazing work to make our second entrance/exit come to reality! We are also extremely grateful to Marion Rigby who donated the funds for our lovely gate. It is a beautiful addition that will help connect the St. Mary's Community Garden and the Food Forest.

07/22/2024

Permablitz Wednesdays is back this week. Join us this time to help us get our new welcome and community board signs painted and more!

Hope to see you there!🌱

07/19/2024

A lovely morning to harvest some spinach! Prepared packs will be going to the community fridge at the Fredericton public library later today🌱.

07/17/2024

Is it a chicken coop? A bat house? Nope, this is a solar dehydrator! These dehydrators are perfect for the summer time as it harnesses all the sun and heat into an efficient tool. Make tea, spices, dried fruits and mushrooms there's lots of room to experiment!
The dehydrator will be here all summer for anyone wanting to use it. It's important to monitor the weather to make sure it wont rain for a few days as the humidity can affect your goods. Goods can take a couple days to a week depending on outdoor conditions so make sure to come over and check on your things frequently.

07/16/2024

Here is our full inventory of premade shirts that we currently have! Give us a message if you are interested in any of them.

07/11/2024

Our summer student Kayla has been working hard to bring our very own shirts to life and they are finally here! The sale/commission of these shirts are to directly support the Food Forest and its continued service to the community.

You can buy a premade shirt (20$) or bring your own to be printed (10$). You can choose between white ink or black ink depending on the colour of your shirt.

Let us know what size you need if buying a premade shirt and we can help you find the right one (Shirt colours vary!).

07/10/2024

07/02/2024

Come on over and get to know your community at our new Permablitz Wednesdays event. Help us take on new projects, get to know more about food forests and refuel with a potluck.

We can't wait to see you there! DM or email us at [email protected] for any questions you may have.🌱

06/17/2024

Look who's arrived in the Food Forest!

We have Wine Cap mushrooms popping up in our mulch after introducing them last year. They are versatile in the kitchen and high in protein! Wine Caps are also great companions to crops since they enrich the soil around them. (Be sure to use caution and carefully identify/research mushrooms you encounter as some have look-alikes).

Next, we have mint. Mint is used widely here in our herbaceous layer as it serves as pest repellent for our fruit trees and out competes tall grasses. In the forest we have Peppermint, Spearmint and Apple mint that are perfect for tea.

The first plant that produces fruit here in the Food Forest is the Haskap. Beginning in June, these antioxidant/vitamin A rich berries make their appearance. They have a taste similar to a cross between raspberries and blueberries.

Our plant beds have also started flooding with fragrant wild strawberries! They’re perfect for a sweet little snack.

Come on over!

06/15/2024

Good morning everyone! Come find us outside behind the St. Mary's community garden this morning. Here today 10-1 and sunday 12-3🌿

06/14/2024

The plant sale is still on tonight! Come join us inside of the St. Mary's Anglican Church community hall.🌱