Posted: Apr 28, 2021 1:18 PM ET | Last Updated: April 28
Hope Blooms alumni and leader Kolade Kolawole-Boboye gives a thumbs up as he holds a finished gardening kit ready for delivery.(Hope Blooms)
As the first days of spring arrive, Hope Blooms, a farm, community garden and non-profit based in Halifax, prepares for the thaw. Despite COVID-19 forcing the transformation of its program in 2020, Hope Blooms has used the pandemic as an opportunity to come back better than ever.
Viewers of CBC s
Dragons Den may
remember Hope Blooms from its pitch in 2013 when six kids from its gardening education program for underprivileged youth pitched the Dragons and got an offer four times the amount they asked for. The money was invested in a greenhouse so Hope Blooms could grow the herbs to make their salad dressing year-round.