Canada: Concordia prof Mitchell McLarnon is ‘building a community around a garden’
Mitchell McLarnon, assistant professor in Concordia’s Department of Education, is passionate about garden-based and environmental learning. He recently created a new garden-based teaching and research location on the university’s downtown campus.
Education New Canada
August 6, 2025
Excerpt:
For the past decade, much of McLarnon’s work – collaborating with educators, daycares, schools, camps and community-based organizations – has been connected to his urban garden project, that’s now situated on the Grey Nuns Building grounds at Concordia’s downtown campus.
As McLarnon notes, gardens fulfill many purposes, and it is important to be clear what the specific goals and expectations are from the outset.
“I always ask people: Why are we growing a garden? What is the purpose?’ Some will say it’s for food production, or maybe pollination. But there’s a lot of unclear terminology and discourse around what gardens are actually doing. Tell me what it’s doing.”
He points to the value of creating experiential learning opportunities for young people. “I think it’s really important for them to understand how long it takes to grow things here in Montreal. How long does it take for a tomato to grow here, or a potato, or corn, beans, squash?
“It’s one thing to read about a Three Sisters Garden [an Indigenous sustainable agricultural practice] or to grow one in a little compost pot. Going out and putting a seed in the soil and watching that come to life? It’s amazing.”
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-concordia-prof-mitchell-mclarnon-is-building-a-community-around-a-garden/
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