Volunteers At Toronto Silly Hall...

...with the blessing of City Unions? Amazing! What next; volunteers riding shotgun on sidewalk litter vacuums?

James: Beauty in diversity: city hall’s backyard garden

June 22, 2010
Royson James

Carlos Ruaz, a volunteer, waters the flowers in the diversity garden behind Toronto's city hall.

TARA WALTON/TORONTO STAR

 

It’s a no-name garden that speaks of beauty and love in the heart of the city. And initiative and ingenuity by city workers.
You’re reading about it because one of its creators and sustainers wanted to share it, on the first day of summer, as area workers sat at the lone picnic table for a homemade lunch in the garden of delight.
“Come see the diversity garden,” Juan Sanchez beckoned, as visitors to the rear entrance of city hall tried to navigate their way into the building, stopped by security guards doing pre-G20 checks.

Read More