Community Tools – TWC Interactive

Fresh Ground Cafe is Re-Opening

The Working Centre September 20, 2024

After considerable remediation work on the building at 256 King, we are ready to open our doors. We have intentionally crafted the space at Fresh Ground to be an oasis of brightness and calm, with close to 1,000 plants helping us to build fresh ground as a gathering place.

We are introducing a new menu that celebrates community, sustainability, and the joy of sharing meals. This menu will be available at Fresh Ground, in take home meals and catering options.

Updates for Recycle Cycles and Worth A Second Look

The Working Centre September 30, 2023

The Working Centre campus at 256 King East has been undergoing significant renovations as we prepare the spaces for a substantial re-creation. There are three paths of change that we have been navigating. The first is the necessity of moving Worth A Second Look Furniture and Housewares Thrift Store from the main floor of 97 Victoria N to make way for the housing construction project that will start in early October 2023.

A Salute with Gratitude to “the Book Man” Roman Dubinski

Sandy Keller June 27, 2022

Roman Dubinski has been an integral part and significant contributor to The Working Centre for 26 years. Roman began volunteering as a Board member with The Working Centre in 1996. He joined after retiring from the University of Waterloo, on the recommendation of Ken Westhues who was a member at the time.

Roman said he was drawn by The Working Centre’s mission and actions to help the unemployed, which he thought was a worthy cause. The Working Centre reaches people, many of the most vulnerable in society who could “fall through the cracks”, and he felt it was an honourable thing to do. The Working Centre was about supporting people as it sought to create a world that was livable and affordable.

Closing The Working Centre Market Garden

Adam Kramer April 1, 2022

As many of you know, the property that we have called home for the past 10 seasons has been for sale for some time. Recently it has become clear that with so much uncertainty surrounding the sale of the property, we cannot continue moving forward as usual. For that reason, we have come to the incredibly difficult decision to close the garden for the season ahead.

From Gardening to Housing

Joe Mancini April 1, 2022

The closing of the Market Garden is a time to reflect on its success producing over 13,000 kgs of greens, fruits and vegetables per year while teaching hundreds of people the techniques of market gardening. Ron Doyle invited The Working Centre to establish the garden on 2 acres at the Hacienda Sarria. He got the process started by landscaping 72 dump truck loads of soil. The Working Centre dove deeply into the mechanics of operating a market garden.

A Place Where Plants and Community Thrive

Adam Kramer September 30, 2021

The road to the Working Centre Market Garden is not through country fields of corn or soy, barley or hay, rather it runs though city streets and neighbourhoods. You can arrive on the Number 6 bus, or by bike or foot, if not by car. And when you arrive, you are met with sun shining through the fruit trees, or raindrops on puddled paths, and the call of a robin or a wren as the osprey circle overhead. You are met by gardeners, eager to tell you stories if you’d like to listen. Eager to have your help with some weeding, or eager to get in a harvest and share it with you.

A Productive Urban Garden

Joe Mancini September 30, 2021

The Working Centre’s Market Garden is now in its 10th year. It is an excellent example of converting 1.5 acres of privately owned vacant land in the heart of the city into a community-based market garden.

Was It A Good Season?

Adam Kramer December 1, 2020

Hacienda Market Garden is a place where the work of growing food enables relationship building. Relationships are formed between gardeners; between gardeners and the work and ecology of growing food; between our garden and a broad network of farms and farmers, retailers and customers, supporters and colleagues.

WASL: A Community Thrift Store

Ayman Eldesouky December 1, 2020

Worth A Second Look is much more than a second hand retail store. It is a gathering place, a community for St. John’s Kitchen folk, volunteers, and customers.

A Good Season at Hacienda Sarria Market Garden

Adam Kramer September 1, 2020

The sun has been shining this September and the growers at Hacienda Market Garden have been making full use of it! In a challenging year, the garden has been incredibly productive and heading into fall we are very pleased with the growing season so far and are feeling confident and hopeful for the seasons to come!

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