GROW Herbal Gardens provides people with a garden of therapy and enterprise, and with the training and skills necessary to maintain it. Volunteers of the GROW garden produce hydroponic microgreens, seedlings, as well as quality herbs and related products to sell to the community.

Links: How to Reach Us Article: A Season of GROWth Catalogue of GROW Items

About GROW

The Working Centre’s GROW Greenhouse and Garden is a community oriented project that seeks to provide high-quality local produce to customers. As a Working Centre Community Tools project, it is a volunteer driven enterprise that operates based on the foundational values of work as a gift, respect for the environment, producerism, cooperation, and serving others.

Having established several community gardens, including May Place and the Queens Greens Community Garden, GROW Greenhouse and Gardens has emerged as a tool for providing individuals with the opportunity to work cooperatively while supporting local production and trade. The goal is to supply customers with microgreens, herbal products, and seedlings, while simultaneously fostering a deeper sense of community and providing individuals with self-help opportunities for creative livelihood beyond employment. Not only do we endeavor to provide greater access to healthy and affordable foods, but also seek to raise awareness of how hunger, poverty, and food security affect our community.

GROW’s New Greenhouse and Garden

GROW’s Lancaster Street garden and greenhouse welcomes volunteers and visitors with a multitude of useful herbs, vegetables, flowers and fruits. This garden and greenhouse forms the hub of our activities –planting and harvesting microgreens, growing and packaging useful herbs, producing fantastic GROW beauty products, and a variety of other craft projects.

For more information on these gardens, workshops, and garden tours, please call GROW Herbal Gardens at 519-743-1151 ext. 113.

Herbal Products

GROW Herbal offers a variety of handmade beauty products including soaps, salves and balms, and salt scrubs – all containing beneficial herbs grown in our garden. Take a look at our catalogue for a complete list of items.

Purchase Information

GROW beauty and herbal products may be purchased at the Queen Street Commons Café. For bulk orders feel free to give us a call.

You can find our microgreens at several locations in Kitchener-Waterloo, including Vincenzo’s, Full Circle Foods, Healthy Foods and More, and Thrive Juice Bar. To place a wholesale order for your restaurant or retail location, please contact Adam at 519-743-1151 ext. 113, or adamk@theworkingcentre.org.

Volunteering

During the growing season and through-out the year, volunteers can arrange to meet at the Queen Street Commons Café or come directly to the Lancaster Garden. All are welcome to work in the garden and help with our projects! Our typical weekly schedule is as follows:

• Monday - Working the garden and greenhouse. Tea, herb and vegetable harvesting.
• Tuesday - Soap and salve making. Other craft projects usually run from 1pm to 3pm.
• Wednesday - Working in the garden and greenhouse. Microgreen planting and hydroponic system maintenance. Herb and vegetable harvesting.
• Thursday - 9am to 1pm: Garden, greenhouse work and microgreen harvesting. 1pm to 3:30: Microgreen packaging in Maurita's Kitchen.
• Friday - Salves, crafts, and working in the garden.
• Monthly workshops on a variety of subjects take place on Saturdays.

For more information about how to volunteer or to join our mailing list, contact Adam at 519-743-1151 ext. 113, or adamk@theworkingcentre.org