The PATCH

🌱 Volunteer Night at The Patch 🌱

Looking for a way to get your hands dirty, meet great people, and help grow local food? Join us every Thursday from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Cavendish Community Food Hub!

This week we're tackling all kinds of rewarding garden work, including:

🍓 Planting our strawberry wall
🌿 Harvesting fresh herbs
🧄 Collecting garlic scapes
🥬 Picking kale

Whether you're an experienced gardener or trying it for the first time, there's a task for everyone. Come out, learn something new, and help us grow a stronger, healthier community.

📍 Cavendish Community Food Hub
🕔 Thursdays, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

No experience necessary, just bring your enthusiasm and clothes you don't mind getting a little dirty!

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported Food for Thought II Trivia Night. Your enthusiasm, generosity, and community spirit made the event a tremendous success.

Together, with the support of the London Central Lions Club, we raised $3,055 for The Patch.

These funds will help The Patch invest in the infrastructure needed to deliver programming and continue producing food for community initiatives, including our Free Markets held every second Friday.

The impact goes far beyond the dollars raised. Participants gain valuable experience, skills, confidence, and connection through growing food together. That food then goes on to nourish the very community that helped create it, a cycle of learning, contribution, and belonging.

Over the course of this partnership, the Lions and The Patch have grown together, united by a shared commitment to strengthening our community. We are grateful for everyone who helped make this event possible and look forward to continuing to support one another in the years ahead.

If you missed this one, don't worry, we'll be doing it again. Stay tuned for details on our next Trivia Night! 🎉🌱🦁

🌅 Sunrise Ceremony at Cavendish Community Food Hub 🌅

Join us on June 20th as we gather in community to welcome the rising sun and reflect on its gifts of light, warmth, growth, and renewal.

Elder Mary Lou Smoke will lead us in a traditional Sunrise Ceremony, including offerings, song, prayer, and reflection.

📅 Date: June 20, 2026
⏰ Arrival Time: 5:30 AM
📍 Location: Cavendish Community Food Hub

This is an opportunity to come together in a spirit of gratitude, connection, and respect as we greet a new day and the beginning of summer. All are welcome.

Please arrive by 5:30 AM to participate fully in the ceremony.

🎟️ RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/Sunrise-Ceremony

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Summer’s here and so is our FREE Farmers Market! 🌽🥬🥕🍅🫜🥦🧄

Come visit us at the Cavendish Community Food Hub and grab some fresh veggies grown right from our farm and by our friends at // Join us biweekly from 12-1pm on:

📅 June 12, 26 | July 10, 24 | Aug 7, 21 | Sept 4, 18
See you there!

We’re excited to attend Building Your Food Future: Lessons from a Circular Economy on June 11 🌱

Looking forward to connecting with others across Middlesex County to discuss food access, circular food systems, and building a more resilient local food future together.

🗓 June 11, 2026
⏰ 9am to 12pm 
📍 Thorndale Lions Community Centre

Hosted by the Middlesex London Food Policy Council in partnership with Middlesex County. Scan QR code to register 💚

Tomorrow at Cavendish Community Food Hub! 👩‍🌾🎶🍕Join us for an evening of gardening, music, and good food! We’ll be hosting our Open Volunteer Night from 5–7pm for anyone wanting to lend a hand around the space, followed by a community concert and pizza from 7–8pm. Come by for one or both ~ we’d love to have you there!

Something new is growing at The PATCH 🌱

This June, we’re excited to launch FEED, our new rural farm employment training program, alongside our familiar and well-loved programs, ORCHARD and SEED.

FEED was created for those living outside of London who are looking for support getting into employment, or for anyone interested in exploring opportunities beyond the city through hands-on experience in rural agriculture.

Together, these programs support pathways into urban agriculture, rural farming, hospitality, and self-employment through hands-on training, mentorship, and paid placements. Whether you’re looking to build experience in agriculture and hospitality, explore rural farming opportunities beyond the bounds of London, or grow your own business idea, there’s space to learn and grow with us.

Programs begin June 1st. Reach out to learn more or get involved at [email protected]

We’re excited to welcome you and your little one back to the farm for our SPRING session of Little Hands Big Impact, a chance to dig in, explore and work with nature!

Join us EVERY Saturday from 10am to 11am, starting March 21st and running until April 18th. No reservation needed! Just show up for some farm fun and share in on the wonder ⭐️🌷🌱

Come visit The Patch at Seedy Saturday!🌱

Join us March 7 at Carling Heights Community Centre (10AM–3PM) and stop by The Patch table. Learn about how we grow fresh food for community donation, and hear about our employment and education programs including ORCHARD, Patch Ed, the SEED Program, and more.
Meet our team, ask questions, and connect with others passionate about local food and growing.
We hope to see you there! 🌱