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Cultivate Central's DIY Coco-dama kit

Hailing from Japan, the beautiful and hand-crafted Kokedama has long been seen as garden art that allows individuality and creativity. The compound word explains what it is 'Koke' meaning moss and 'dama' meaning sphere. Originally crafted with moss ...

Top 5 Tips for Growing Microgreens At Home

FOOD. We consume food for survival and enjoyment on a daily basis. More often than not, even the food that we eat for energy makes us happy; we are all truly foodies on the inside.What does this mean for all of us as consumers of food in the global ...

How To Make Your Own All Natural Body Scrub

Did you know you can put together your own self-care body scrub yourself? Here's how we made our own DIY body scrub from organic ingredients from our community farm. With herb-infused coconut oil, sugar, and botanicals, it is a luxurious self-ca...

Tang Yuan in Fingerroot-Soy Milk Soup (Garden to Table Part 2 of 3)

I'll have to be honest with you, I'm not a fan of ginger. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate ginger. But often, I find myself shying away from dishes which contain ginger. I think my avoidance of ginger is not necessarily a bad thing. Ever since ...

Finger root prawn and vegetable skewers (Garden to table part 1 of 3)

Finger root. I love how it’s name describes how it looks when ready to harvest. However, nothing in its name told me about the flavour profile of this homegrown gem. The first thing I did to try and understand what the flavour of the finger root...

How can composting be made accessible to children and their communities?

I love watching children learn. I love how they will unravel new discoveries from a small nudge, if we give them time. I love seeing how infectious the buzz to share it with others is with children. I love how learning grows for me in as much as it d...

Why should composting be a fundamental part of our conversations with children?

As an educator, I’ve lived though the joy of crafting a project curriculum around the interest of the children because that’s when they are the most invested in the project. Children are at an incredible life stage- once they see, understand and ...

I am Growing Food – So What?

Giving Time for Abundance People don’t realize, including me previously, that gardening is a skill set and has a lot of science that goes into it. I am here, possibly like you, a novice urban gardener. There is a lot that happens underground in so...