Arts Incubator and Land Lab News

Rhubarb Rhapsody Freshly harvested rhubarb, chopped and packaged into four-cup portions for freezing. A key step in our food preservation efforts, ensuring this vibrant, tart bounty can be enjoyed all year long.

Freshly harvested rhubarb, chopped and packaged into four-cup portions for freezing. A key step in our food preservation efforts, ensuring this vibrant, tart bounty can be enjoyed all year long.

Rhubarb Rhapsody

Art Borups Corners May 31, 2025

There's nothing quite like the vibrant, tart taste of freshly harvested rhubarb – a flavour that is...

New Growth, Old Wisdom New pine growth in the northern forest—a quiet reminder of regeneration, seasonal cycles, and the resilience of nature. In a time of climate change, these soft green tips speak to our responsibility to harvest wisely, replant with care, and root our work in reciprocity.

New pine growth in the northern forest—a quiet reminder of regeneration, seasonal cycles, and the resilience of nature. In a time of climate change, these soft green tips speak to our responsibility to harvest wisely, replant with care, and root our work in reciprocity.

New Growth, Old Wisdom

The Arts Incubator May 31, 2025

New pine growth in the northern forest—a quiet reminder of regeneration, seasonal cycles, and the resilience of...

Tasty Chives! A thriving patch of chives, ready to be harvested for a variety of delicious dishes. This easy-to-grow herb is a fantastic addition to any sustainable garden.

A thriving patch of chives, ready to be harvested for a variety of delicious dishes. This easy-to-grow herb is a fantastic addition to any sustainable garden.

Tasty Chives!

Jamie Bell May 31, 2025

Just look at this vibrant patch of chives we've been nurturing!

The Pine Cone That Wasn’t What looks like a tiny pine cone on a willow branch is actually a fascinating natural phenomenon: a willow pine cone gall, formed by a tiny insect! Nature truly has endless surprises.

What looks like a tiny pine cone on a willow branch is actually a fascinating natural phenomenon: a willow pine cone gall, formed by a tiny insect! Nature truly has endless surprises.

The Pine Cone That Wasn’t

Tony Eetak May 31, 2025

The Weird and Wonderful Willow Pine Cone Gall: An Artistic Discovery.

Split, Stack, and Settle In Getting a head start on winter—cutting and stacking wood before the mosquitoes and ticks take over. We only use older trees and always plant new ones, replacing every log we burned last year. It’s part of our seasonal rhythm and our arts-based approach to sustainable living.

Getting a head start on winter—cutting and stacking wood before the mosquitoes and ticks take over. We only use older trees and always plant new ones, replacing every log we burned last year. It’s part of our seasonal rhythm and our arts-based approach to sustainable living.

Split, Stack, and Settle In

Tony Eetak May 31, 2025

There’s something deeply satisfying about the thunk of a wood splitter cutting clean through a log.

Rhubarb Adventures: A Sweet and Tart Harvest! A bountiful harvest of fresh rhubarb stalks, showcasing their vibrant colours. This easy-to-grow plant is a star of our sustainable garden, offering delicious possibilities for both sweet and savoury dishes.

A bountiful harvest of fresh rhubarb stalks, showcasing their vibrant colours. This easy-to-grow plant is a star of our sustainable garden, offering delicious possibilities for both sweet and savoury dishes.

Rhubarb Adventures: A Sweet and Tart Harvest!

Jamie Bell May 30, 2025

What an adventure we've had with rhubarb this week!

The Joys of Fresh Lettuce Tender leaf lettuce seedlings, among the first to be planted this year, thrive in our grow-beds – a promising start to our community sustainable agriculture and food security program!

Tender leaf lettuce seedlings, among the first to be planted this year, thrive in our grow-beds – a promising start to our community sustainable agriculture and food security program!

The Joys of Fresh Lettuce

Art Borups Corners May 30, 2025

As part of our community recreation, sustainable agriculture and food security program, one of the very first...

Big Dreams, Big Pumpkins This bright yellow flower is from a giant pumpkin—the first one ever grown in our food security and sustainable agriculture program.

This bright yellow flower is from a giant pumpkin—the first one ever grown in our food security and sustainable agriculture program.

Big Dreams, Big Pumpkins

Tony Eetak May 30, 2025

This bright yellow flower might not look like much yet, but it’s the start of something huge—literally.

Northern Bog Violet: A Bloom in the Wetlands Delicate and vibrant, the Northern Bog Violet brings early spring color to wet meadows and bogs, supporting pollinators and signaling the health of northern wetland ecosystems.

Delicate and vibrant, the Northern Bog Violet brings early spring color to wet meadows and bogs, supporting pollinators and signaling the health of northern wetland ecosystems.

Northern Bog Violet: A Bloom in the Wetlands

Jamie Bell May 29, 2025

The Northern Bog Violet (Viola nephrophylla or sometimes Viola adunca) is a delicate wildflower found across boreal...

Northern White Violet With soft white petals etched by fine purple veins, the Northern White Violet graces mossy forest floors and damp meadows, offering subtle beauty and early sustenance for native pollinators in northern ecosystems.