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Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
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Community Garden

Rooted in the principles of sustainable agriculture, our Northwestern Ontario arts-driven living lab is a creative, community-based hub for tackling food insecurity through regenerative small-scale farming, intergenerational knowledge transmission, and climate resilience.

Community-Driven Sustainable Agriculture in Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba

Operating across key regions—including Winnipeg, Manitoba, Minnesota, and Northwestern Ontario—our living lab integrates art, ecology, and innovation to strengthen local food systems and inspire action. Combining traditional practices, permaculture, and hands-on education with artistic collaboration, we work to empower communities to co-create sustainable, community-led food solutions that respond to the impacts of climate change, and the need for youth-led initiatives, participatory design, and cross-border partnerships.

From gravelly paths to open clearings, yellow hawkweed brings a splash of gold to Ontario.
Photos and Short Stories

Yellow Hawkweed: Northwestern Ontario’s Resilient Summer Bloomer

Discover the hidden beauty of Yellow Hawkweed in Melgund Township with our summer arts incubator project.
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Mother Nature’s sour candy just got an upgrade. Gather around to see how a bumper crop of robust stalks is transforming dessert today.
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Radical Rhubarb: The Tangy Triumph

Harvesting Rhubarb. Mother Nature’s sour candy just got an upgrade.
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The Dyment Recreation Hall and complex greenspace just got a vibrant upgrade this weekend! We’ve officially planted these gorgeous red and white petunias to bring some bright, seasonal color to our community recreation park. Next time you're dropping by for an event or a walk, make sure to check out the fresh landscaping!
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Local Volunteers Transforming Community Park and Recreation Spaces

From young apple trees to colourful flowers, see how a team effort on Saturday turned a local park into a picture-perfect backdrop for summer recreation…
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A Recipe for Rhubarb Coffee Cake
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A Recipe for Rhubarb Coffee Cake

This easy rhubarb coffee cake recipe combines tart rhubarb, rich batter, and a buttery brown sugar topping for a classic homemade treat.
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Let’s get creative while getting our hands dirty! Join local artists and green thumbs at Dyment Recreation Hall on Saturday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. for a fun Community Garden Gathering to beautify our park and greenspace in preparation for Canada Day events.
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Calling All Artists & Green Thumbs: Let’s Get Creative and support the Community Garden!

Calling all artists and green thumbs!
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Brighten your spring by discovering Yellow Rocket, a historic wild mustard that feeds early Ontario pollinators.
Community Garden

Meeting Yellow Rocket

Learn how to spot Yellow Rocket in Ontario, its unique uses, and why bees love it.
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Master the art of cultivating healthy, heavy-fruiting tomato plants even when the growing season gets a late start.
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How to Grow Tomatoes

Unlock the secrets to perfect homegrown tomatoes.
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Beautiful blooms like this hibiscus do more than just revitalize neglected local parks; they serve as a powerful anchor for community placemaking. Standing side-by-side to tend to demanding flora allows neighbors from entirely different walks of life to shed social hierarchies, spark conversations, and build the social networks necessary to combat modern isolation and seasonal depression.
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The Green Mindset

Community gardening and horticulture transform shared spaces while reducing anxiety, loneliness, and depression across both urban and rural spaces.
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A tiny green gem: A Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) perches on a fingertip in Melgund Township, Ontario. Despite its name, this native amphibian can shift its color from mottled gray to vibrant green to blend seamlessly into the Boreal forest canopy.
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Master of disguise spotted in Melgund Township

Despite its name, Ontario's Gray Treefrog flashes brilliant green hues and sticky-toed acrobatics during spring breeding season
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The Land Lab's sustainable agriculture project expands this summer with the successful cultivation of traditional herbs like sage, enriching our storytelling initiative.
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How to Care for Sage

Learn how to care for sage with our expert guide to sunlight, watering, and pruning.
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Latest Local News

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  • Share Your Insights on Nuclear Waste, Diet and Land Use
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Nuclear Waste Management

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting residents and land users in the area of Canada's proposed Deep Geological Repository for used nuclear fuel to participate in a Diet and Land-Use Survey. The information collected will help inform local perspectives as the project moves through the federal regulatory process.

The survey can be completed online or through an in-person interview at the Ignace Learn More Centre. It is open until September 7, 2026, and participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of twenty C$125 gift cards redeemable at local businesses.

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

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

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.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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