Book a Seed Workshop

Hands-on
Choose up to 15 species of seeds
Learn how to get an exceptional germination rate
Learn the tricks on how to best care for your seedlings
Get advice on when to plant them in your garden.

Learn How to Grow Your Garden From Seed

It is very easy and satisfying to grow your garden from seed. You don't need grow lights or anything fancy. Some soil, containers, protection, water and a part sun location are all you need.

Come to a hands-on workshop where you will learn from many years of my experience and will get started with lots of seeds and some materials.

Sprout, swamp milkweed sprouting, growing plants from seed, native plants

Grow Your Garden From Seed

IT'S FUN AND EASY

PawPaw Tree
Fundraiser

Get Pawpaws this Fall to Support Green Thumbs School Programs

The mission of Green Thumbs Growing Kids is to cultivate environmental stewardship through hands-on garden and food education for urban children and their communities. Green Thumbs grows food in elementary school gardens, a rooftop mini-farm, a local community garden plot, and City of Toronto greenhouses to contribute fresh food to school lunch programs and farmers' markets. Since 2017, thanks to support from the Urban Forestry Division of the City of Toronto, students have grown trees from seed, like these pawpaw trees. Check out the excellent work at GreenThumbsTo.org.

All proceeds go to the Youth Program of Green Thumbs
Pawpaws are between 12 and 18 inches tall and should be planted in a part shade area with moist soil this fall.
Fall is the best time to plant trees.
For long-term tree health, it is ideal to plant trees as small as possible so they can grow a healthy, undisturbed root system.
Trees need to be planted in Toronto.

Tree Pick up: October, 21st 2023, 10 am to 1 pm,

3595 St. Clair Avenue East,

Community Farm of the Scarborough Food Security Initiative.

You can buy the pawpaws in the Upcoming Events Section right below by clicking Buy Tickets on Pawpaw Fundraiser.

PawPaw Trees (Asimina triloba)

Help to bring these unique and rare trees back

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Host Plant

The beautiful Zebra Swallowtail butterfly can only eat the leaves of pawpaw trees in its caterpillar stage. Climate change extends this butterfly's range further north.

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Rare Carolinian Tree

Southern Ontario is the most northern area where pawpaw trees grow. Pawpaws are part of the tropical custard apple family.

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Delicious Tropical Fruits

Pawpaws produce the biggest tropical fruit in Ontario that tastes like a mix of mango, banana and passion fruit. It is best to plant three trees about 15 feet apart to obtain fruit since pawpaws are trioecious.