Category: Soil to Sky

Spring, summer and fall 2016, we made kites ‘the new old-fashioned way’, using plants and materials that we gathered and grew in our neighbourhoods

  • Soil to Sky  as our main research and community project  for the year wrapped up in November of 2016 and we are thrilled to share the video documentation that Martin Borden created on our behalf. Soil to Sky from Martin Borden on Vimeo. Thank you to everyone who came and participated, particularly our  Lab research…

  • It’s almost hard to imagine that the time is upon us, but here it comes: the very last Soil to Sky event, the Final Celebration on Saturday November 5. We’ve all learned so much from this project. It didn’t go off the way we expected, but we took the twists and turns with good grace,…

  • Worlds collide in the best creative way possible on Saturday November 5th as we celebrate the end of the Soil to Sky Project   during the Heart of the City Festival at Trillium North Park from 1- pm- Rain or Shine! Including: Assembling the final kites with the pieces made over the last 6 weeks at…

  • From May 9- June 5 2016 From Soil to Sky is an opportunity for urban artists, gardeners, paper-makers, spinners, woodworkers, kite- fliers and care-givers to spend 12 sessions over the springtime sharing skills and resources while collaborating to make the best-flying, most inspiring kites we can -completely from materials that grow right in our neighbourhoods.…