The Community Garden Podcast
The Community Garden Podcast was inspired by a desire to provide accessible gardening knowledge to gardeners of all skill levels. At Equal Ground Community Gardens (EGCG), we believe that everyone can benefit from learning how to grow their own food gardening, whether they're just starting out or have years of experience.
Hosted by Taylor, EGCG's Greenhouse and Learning Centre Coordinator, the podcast offers valuable food garden education to the southern Ontario community. Taylor brings her expertise and passion for gardening to each episode, engaging with local gardeners, farmers, and organizations to share their stories and tips.
Each week, tune in for engaging interviews with gardeners of varying skill levels and experiences, from beginners to master gardeners. Whether you're looking for practical tips, inspiring stories, or expert advice, you'll find something useful, and relatable in every episode.
This podcast is primarily funded by the City of Brantford through the Brant Community Foundation.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Environmental Concerns from the Perspective of Brantford Youth
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens for this special episode of The Community Garden Podcast. Join Taylor on a field trip to the Tollgate Technological Skills Centre greenhouse to chat with students …
Medicinal plants, microclimates, community greenhouse
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Samantha Cockman, a new addition to the Brantford gardening community! Samantha has recently moved from the neighbouring city of Brantford and is b…
Advice for starting a community garden, Hügelkultur, black walnut trees
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Elsa Mann from the Mount Forest Community Garden. This community garden operates multiple styles of gardening and addresses multiple needs, located…
Health and Wellness Garden Project in Brantford, ON
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Chad Martin from the Brantford Station Neighbourhood Association, plus multiple other organizations. Chad is a huge community changemaker that is d…
Cauliflower woes, gold raspberries, to sucker or to not sucker
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Gillian Aitken, a local beginner gardener who just wrapped up their first season gardening, while growing in Brantford, ON on sterile land. This co…
Fresh peas off the vine, community networking, fruit tree registry
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Keith and Robyn from Branching Out Brantford (and other essential organizations within the city). These changemakers chat with Taylor about an orga…
Chasing sunlight, pandemic gardening, combating squirrels with soap
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with mother and son duo Mary and Ash about their experience container gardening as well as being Host Gardeners for the 2024 season! Mary and Ash are fu…
The earwig curse, vegetables in grow bags, and pole beans for privacy
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Kay Hughes from Jason’s Wheelhouse Kay comes from a family of farmers and dives into how they incorporated gardening in their life again, and also …
Backyard chickens, the Host Garden program, beekeeping
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with EGCG’s President Kat Schneider. Taylor and Kat discuss Kat’s gardening origin story, how she came to volunteer with Equal Ground, the process of st…
Starting a community garden, encouraging children in nature, losing your gardening tools
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Kathleen Foldvari, Garden Champion of Sunny Hill Community Garden in St George, Ontario. Taylor and Kathleen chat about the process of getting the …
Art in the garden, the value of community, and award winning art displays
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Armanda Lambert about inspiration for including art in the garden. Armanda walks us through her process for including art in the garden, how she go…
Giant pumpkins, growing seedlings, our purpose in life
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with the forces behind The Oakland Giving Garden and the amazing work they do in the Brantford, Brant, Cambridge area. This mother-son duo runs an organ…
Rutabagas, community garden fundraising, and the White House food garden
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with SeedMoney founder Roger Doiron about the SeedMoney fundraising platform. Roger runs a non profit that operates a no fee fundraising and grant platf…
Growing in straw bales, starting an organization, finding your community
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Cheryl Antoski, co-founder of Equal Ground Community Gardens and wonderful community change maker. Cheryl and Taylor dive deep into the history of …
Woes of Sharon, seedlings for beginners, and irrigation systems
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with beginner home gardener Michelle Jamieson (also of Golden Age Management) about her food garden journey. Michelle grew up in a gardening household b…
Chunky hornworms, kale chips, and soil stained hands
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Cheryl Clarridge, a local Brant County gardener who offers garden plot rentals on her property. Cheryl grew up in the farming community, with her p…
Gratitude in the garden, feeding children, and pesky bindweed
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Garden Champion Ruby Streicher and hear about her experience leading a local community garden and team of volunteers. Ruby and Taylor discuss the h…
Accessible community gardening, nasturtium jelly, and hot pepper no nos
Join Equal Ground Community Gardens as we chat with Expressive Arts teacher Jill Pye and learn more about Crossing All Bridges Learning Centre and how they incorporate community gardens in their prog…
Intro to Equal Ground
Join host Taylor as we learn more about Equal Ground Community Gardens and how our programs operate. This is a precursor to the rest of the podcast, providing context and background information on th…
Coming Soon- The Community Garden Podcast
The Community Garden Podcast was inspired by a desire to provide accessible gardening knowledge to gardeners of all skill levels. At Equal Ground Community Gardens (EGCG), we believe that everyone ca…