To celebrate the launch of Shop Shoresh, we are starting a new series of profiles: Hive Heroes! Hive Heroes are the awesome folks in our community who educate, inspire, and empower us to be Shomrei Adamah, Protectors of the…
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Bringing Gardening Home
Written by guest blogger Michael Mikhailovsky Nature exists around the human made world, and it gives us a lot. It sustains and nourishes us. It gives us clean air to breathe, food and shelter. It gives us strength to overcome…
Black Lives Matter
Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof / Justice, justice, you shall pursue – Deuteronomy 16:20 This is one of the core Jewish teachings in which Shoresh grounds our spaces and programs. The Torah teaches us that justice must be actively sought, for our…
Dayenu Garden Resources
Shoresh’s mission is to inspire and empower our community to become Shomrei Adamah, guardians of the earth. While the state of the world has changed with the current COVID-19 pandemic, our mission remains the same. We are here to…
Shoresh Chanukah Campaign
December 4-8, 2017 CLICK HERE to donate today (and select the Chanukah Campaign from the fund menu). GET BEESWAX CHANUKAH CANDLES AND SUPPORT SHORESH’S WORK CONNECTING PEOPLE, LAND, AND JEWISH TRADITION! We have an extremely limited supply (only 36 boxes!) of hand-dipped, 100%…
What We Grow
Seeds Yiddish: Zoymen Hebrew: זרעים And God said: “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit — to you it shall be for…
Intern Reflections
By Orli Schwartz, 2014 Shoresh Intern As a past Shoresh Intern there are so many great experiences I gained from spending time at the Kavanah Garden and I would like to share some highlights with you: 1. Shoresh allowed me to connect…
Baycrest
Since 2012 we have been offering hands-on Jewish garden programming at Baycrest. Workshops include planting, weeding, watering, making herbal teas and preparing pickles! In 2014, in addition to running our regular, bi-weekly gardening programs at the Moutainview Day Centre we helped…
