History of BUGS: Support Grows - 1999

In 1997 BUGs joined with the Carlington Community Health Centre garden and other community gardening groups to form the Community Gardening Network of Ottawa/le Reseau de jardins communautaires d'Ottawa to share ideas, co-operate on projects and to promote community gardening at the regional level.

The 1998 growing season saw the CSCG group formed a structure to organize work and social activities. Stuart and Kira married and moved on to jobs in Winnipeg. Dwayne continued managing the garden and passing on responsibilities to participants until his departure with his wife for work in Africa in the fall of 1999. Since then CSCG operations are overseen by a Steering Committee composed of eight members. The garden is flourishing.

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