Our final community farm day of the season will be taking place on Friday, October 11th! Join the farm team for a beautiful day of garlic planting, communal fun and delicious food. Bring food to share for lunch (optional – desert, snack, meal or drink), warm/rain layers, a water bottle, hat, and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty (closed shoes …
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Garlic pre-orders are now open
It’s almost the best time of year: farm garlic time! Our beautiful garlic has been harvested, cleaned, and trimmed and will be curing for the next few weeks. We know that the garlic-loving members of the community will be thrilled that the garlic heads are almost ready! Although the garlic will be ready in a few short weeks, you can …
Community Farm Day: Garlic Harvest
On Friday, July 26th the farm will be hosting a very exciting event: our annual garlic harvest community farm work day. Join us for a special morning of harvesting, cleaning, and bunching the beautiful garlic grown for the community, followed by a community potluck on the farm. Bring food to share for lunch, a water bottle, hat, and clothes you …
Solstice harvest shift at the farm
On Friday, June 21st the first big harvest of the season will take place on the farm. Join us for a special solstice volunteer shift during which we will pick our beautiful garlic scapes and enjoy the longest day of the year together. Bring food to share for lunch (precut portions are ideal), water bottle, hat, and clothes you don’t …
Volunteering at the farm in 2024
Recently, we provided you with updates on the changes happening at the Roulant’s farm in Senneville this year, as well as the volunteer shift schedule that many of you are used to. While unfortunately we won’t have the usual weekly farm volunteer shifts this year, there will be several opportunities throughout the 2024 season for you to get involved! Shifts …
Groundwork for regeneration
“All flows, all changes,” and the Ferme du Roulant in Senneville is no exception. Before we begin construction on the new Agroeducational Center at the farm in 2025, this season’s focus is on regeneration and capacity building. This means you’ll see some changes in how you’ll be invited to participate on the land. Since its founding in 2012, the farm …
Highlights from Urban Agriculture in 2023
In the local context of intense inflation and housing crises, causing a rise in homelessness and food insecurity in Montreal, what role can urban gardens play? Read further to discover three new projects within the Roulant’s urban agriculture program: engagement of people experiencing homesless at the Cité Hospitalière garden, a weekly social mixer on Terrasses Roy, and the heartwarming story …
Community Farm Day: Garlic Planting
Frankie, Noah, and Russell are inviting you to the upcoming Community Farm Day! It is time for the next generation of garlic to take over, so be ready for a fun day of garlic planting at the Senneville farm. Come lend a hand and enjoy the serenity of the farm during the fall season with a potluck picnic lunch and …
Fresh garlic sale
Fresh garlic from the farm has been harvested, dried, cleaned, and trimmed. We know that the garlic-loving members of the community will be thrilled to know that the garlic heads are now ready for sale! You can purchase garlic during the weekly Friday Hang until Friday, October 20, 2023. You can also pre-order garlic online at the link below and …
Community Farm Day: Power Weed!
Frankie, Noah and Russell invite you to come get your hands dirty for the third Community Farm Day of the summer on Friday, August 25th! The theme of the day : weeds, weeds, weeds! While we are an organization that loves plants of all stripes, there are some that we would rather see in the compost pile than in the fields. The day promises …
Community Farm Day: Strawberry Harvest
Now that the agricultural season is up and running, the Roulant farm team is happy to welcome you, your family and friends to join us in celebrating the strawberry harvest at the Senneville Farm! It will be a festive day of picking (and eating!) strawberries, lending a hand with some weeding, and enjoying the serenity of the farm with a …
2022 Snapshot: Cultivating an Agro-Educational and Intergenerational future
2022 has some stories to share! Right around this time last year, the Roulant was taking a radical turn: we would scale down the farm’s production, discontinue the vegetable basket program, and define a new, agroeducational focus for the farm. To achieve that, the urban agriculture and the farm teams were called in to join forces in order to increase …