garden

As mentioned in the previous post, once again this year I am the downtown coordinator for the Toronto Guerilla Gardeners, which means that I get to pick the spot in the downtown area that we will garden, and coordinate our efforts on the day of the plant.

The first Guerilla Gardening planting of the year! It was way, way in the North, up on the campus of York University, near a medical building – though don’t ask me exactly where, I couldn’t find it again on my own if I tried, that campus is so confusing!

A couple of weeks ago I lead a Hike the Geek event to tour some of the Guerilla Gardens that have been planted in Toronto over the last few years. I highly recommend checking out that GG link, it’s a map and this post won’t make much sense if you don’t go see it!

It’s been almost a month since the Guerrilla Gardeners Downtown Planting, and I’ve been visiting the garden on a regular basis to water it and make sure things are going well. Two crazy things have happened.

Yesterday was the summer solstice and the final planting of the year for the Toronto Guerilla Gardeners. I was the downtown plant coordinator for this year, which basically meant that it was my job to find a spot to garden downtown.

I’ve been super busy since I got back from California, having a lot of fun outdoors and in now that summer is here. This post totally isn’t gonna do any of these events justice, but I figure it’s way better to get something up rather than nothing! So here’s some of the stuff I’ve been up to for the last two weeks:

As some of you know, I’ll be travelling to California for the next two-ish weeks, to visit the Maker Faire and the Quantified Self Conference, as well as all my old friends in the Bay Area. It’s gonna be a huge blast. I’ll be in Lynne Bruning’s eTextile Showcase, and I’ll be giving a talk on the Future of Sensors at the Quantified Self Conference. If you’re in SF and interested in cyborg/sensebridge stuff, I’m hosting a “cybeers with cyborgs” event at Noisebridge on the 25th at 7pm. Show & Tell, as always :-). Hope to see you there.

We were “Guerilla’s In the Mist” yesterday, planting despite the near-continuous drizzle of rain. I had a total blast. The East End spot was behind a fence, at the corner of Queen Street East and McGee Street, just a few blocks east of Broadway.