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This week, we planted sage in our community garden—a small act with deep roots. Known for its medicinal, culinary, and ceremonial uses, sage has long been a symbol of wisdom and renewal.

Planting Sage

With its soft, textured leaves and earthy aroma, sage brings more than flavor—it offers resilience, tradition, and a connection to generations of herb gardening practices.…
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Dill: From soil to simmer — this hardy northern herb brings a burst of freshness to our beds and our kitchens. A quiet favourite that’s become a returning star in our growing season.
Recreation

Dill-icious

First introduced to us during our pilot Northern Food Systems Innovation Program with support from Manitoba Agriculture, dill quickly earned its place in our grow…
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An overhead view of the Melgund Township recreation complex, which supports the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners and area in Northwestern Ontario.

Growing with the Framework for Recreation in Canada!

It's June, and this month, we're starting an exciting journey to explore the Framework for Recreation in Canada 2024 Update.
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A typical bracket fungus (polypore) growing on the side of a tree. Note the tough, shelf-like appearance.
Artists

Unveiling the Hidden World

We've all seen them: those strange, often unappealing growths protruding from the trunks of older trees. You might call them conks, brackets, or just plain…
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No fertilizers needed here! Our blueberry patches are bursting with these gorgeous blooms, signaling a healthy and natural growing season.

Blueberry Patches Abound with Blooms

As the best part of the growing season approaches, the local blueberry patches are looking spectacular, hinting at a great harvest.
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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.
Recreation

Rhubarb Rhapsody

There's nothing quite like the vibrant, tart taste of freshly harvested rhubarb – a flavour that is both sharp and sweet, with a unique tang…
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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.
Artists

New Growth, Old Wisdom

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

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

The Pine Cone That Wasn’t

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

Split, Stack, and Settle In

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

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


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ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

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This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

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Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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