As a (newly) avid gardener, I'm always excited to learn about initiatives put into place to educate and motivate people around the world of gardening. Even if you don't have a yard, you can set up window boxes or balcony planters or even indoor plants to create a beautiful world of flowers, plants and herbs in your very own home. There's so much satisfaction to be had in successfully cultivating that hard-to-grow seed into a healthy green plant or eating a home-grown veggie for the very first time!
The reason I bring all this up is that I learned this afternoon that the Sud-Ouest district in my beautiful city of Montreal will be providing free plants to its citizens this coming Saturday May 28th (read all about it - in French - here). They will be offering perennials, annuals and even some tomato plants *free of charge* to those interested in honing their green thumb. The project hopes to help Montrealers get involved with and beautify their communities while encouraging environmentalism and sustainable growth.
What a fabulous endeavour! Not only is this bringing people of the community together and teaching them a little something at the same time, but it's also helping to improve the area a little bit for everyone's enjoyment. And considering that this is a lower-income neighbourhood, providing all of this without cost to the citizens of this community makes it all the more brilliant.
Sud-Ouest de Montreal, this wonderful project has earned my vote for today's Hooray of the Day, bravo!
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