Willow Creek Community Garden Year End Thank You
Posted Jan 5, 2025 | 9:19 PM by Pat
Willow Creek Community Garden wish to thank the businesses, volunteers, gardeners, executive, board members, friends and neighbors of the garden that have contributed to a successful 2024 gardening season. This could not have happened without your support and hard work.
We wish to gratefully acknowledge the following: Thank you to the Community Initiatives Fund Grant which has continued to supported our program since 2016; The City of Meadow Lake’s Saskatchewan Lotteries Community 2024 Grant funds which allowed us to purchase picnic tables, benches and vegetable wash stations.
Our Seedy Sunday Sponsor and supporters: Home Hardware;Studio Three; Seeds of Diversity; Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds,Early’s Farm and Garden Centre, Prairie Garden Seeds, Salt Spring Seeds, Knapp’s Heritage Seeds, Tartan Skye Honey,Green Goddess Plants and Seeds and Agriculture in the Classroom.
Thanks to the speakers: Christine Simoens, Pat Wagman and Elizabeth Hill.
Thank you to local businesses and individuals: Ace Lumber for free delivery and purchase discounts; Meadow Lake Properties for the rebar; NorSask for the rough lumber; Flying Dust Housing Corp for Water Delivery; Brad Zacharias for donation of manure; Glen McCrimmon for the donation of straw bales; Ken Morley for hauling and labor; Neil Marsh, Dale Budd and the Highbush Clanberries for their music.
Thanks to the Meadow Lake Lions Club and the Meadow Lake Library for use of their facilities.
Thanks to all the people that provided tours of their yards, gardens & farms: Mauri Young; Doris Young; Flying Dust Riverside Market Garden; Bridget Richardson; Doug Doucette; Rob Perratt; Linda Harman and Kim & Marika Chiverton.
A big thank you to the City of Meadow Lake as they continue to allow us to use the land for garden space and provide manysupports that help us to create a successful community gardenand a wonderful green space for the community to enjoy.
We would also like to thank Northern Pride Publications for their support and coverage of our events and programs.
If we have missed mentioning anyone, please except our apology but know that you have helped to make this a successful year.
Thank you again, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025.