Langside Learning Garden
The Langside Learning Garden (LLG) is an initiative that was started through a collaborative community research-based project between UW and Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA).
The goals of the project are to develop sustainable urban gardening practices and model meaningful relationships between the University and the Spence neighbourhood.
The objectives of the Langside Learning Garden are to:
- Create a space that connects the Spence neighbourhood and UÂ鶹´«Ã½ in research, education, and action.
- Support a collaborative and productive relationship between UÂ鶹´«Ã½ and the Spence neighbourhood.
- Develop a community engagement plan that can serve as a model for future community-university collaborations.
- Share and use knowledge of gardening, food security, local food production, and building community.
- Educate students on processes of community engagement, community-based research, and sustainable urban gardening.
Did you know...? Members of the campus community can book the LLG through Event Services. This space can be used as a classroom space as well as an event space! Please note this garden is also visited by community members throughout the day.
If you would like to book the LLG, please access the UW Academic Booking Request Form here.
Langside Learning Garden Plant Translation Project:
The UW Sustainability Office in partnership with Indigenous UÂ鶹´«Ã½, had the plants in the garden translated to Anishinaabemowin. To listen to these translations and for more information about the garden, please view the LLG Story Map, .
We gratefully acknowledge Val Vint, Aandeg Muldrew and by their extensions, the many fluent Anishinaabe teachers like the late Roger Roulette who informed this translation project.