Project Orange Thumb builds Vancouver community garden in one day
Fiskars president, Paul Tonnesen, said the one-day extreme garden makeover was inspired a few years ago by stories of guerilla gardening in Europe where anonymous gardeners transformed a rooftop or yard into a garden under the cover of night. Fiskars , a leading manufacturer of garden tools, joined forces with Canadian Tire and the City of Vancouver to coordinate, plan and execute the one day community gardening event. Tonnesen, who has been involved in eight of the nine Fiskars garden makeovers, said that the greatest challenge in building a community garden in one day is doing all that needs to be done in eight hours. Lamp’l was busy running between volunteers and the food garden to the west and the perennial gardens further east, stopping to give regular directions on a bullhorn and wolf down a sandwich. “No matter how many times I’ve done this, I always start to freak out around 1pm when I see all of the plants that need to be planted, raised beds that need to be built, and dirt and trees and grass that need to go in. ”. Getting the job done is...
The Vancouver Observer (blog) on 24.06.10 | File Under Garden Tools | CommentsFiskars 9405 Kangaroo 30-Gallon Gardening Container | fiskars ...
Perfect for pruning or weeding jobs, the Fiskars Kangaroo 30-gallon gardening container holds itself open, freeing your hands for work. It's light-weight, uses 30 gallon trash bags, stays upright, and has a large opening that remains open (I've had one or two that the opening has collapsed as it fills. bags, the kids filled about 40 bags of leaves. The Kangaroo's unique spring design springs up to a 22-inch diameter, 30-gallon capacity, just waiting to be filled with weeds, pruned branches, or raked leaves. By Elaine Hall (Londonderry, NH). The container, lightweight and strong, was a great help when we hired kids to bag up the leaves in our yard. We now use the container to collect yard debris and dump it in the back. When you're done, the container can be collapsed and stored easily in a compact, ready-to-hang 3-inch stack. The heavy-gauge vinyl construction is tear and mildew resistant, and the Kangaroo fits standard 30-gallon garbage can liners. ) When done, this container collapses down and can be hung on a wall in the shed/garage/basement....
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