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It’s a wet Saturday morning just before noon when we arrived, and the small group of volunteers are just about to wander off into the orchard and gardens to help pick some fruits and vegetables at Spadina Museum Gardens. Despite the wet and cool weather, everyone is in good spirits, enthusiastic about gathering a healthy harvest to sell at the market.

Spadina Saturdays is a initiative by the folks at Not Far from the Tree in co-ordination with Spadina Museum Gardens and the Green Barns Farmers Market. Every Saturday through the season, volunteers meet up at the gardens from 11am to 2pm to help harvest produce that gets sold at the farmers market later that day. Their goal of the folks at Not Far from the Tree is finding and sharing local fruit (and vegetables) that might otherwise go to waste.

Check out the whole gallery images from Spadina Saturday.