''Recreating Eden'' is a Canadian lifestyle and

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program. Its aim is to examine the physical, mental, and spiritual healing effects that gardens have on their keepers

History

''Recreating Eden'' was originally broadcast on

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, but after two seasons was not renewed. It was then picked up by VisionTV for an additional three seasons. As of 2010, the series has not been renewed for a sixth season.

Community Garden Initiative

VisionTV and Recreating Eden teamed up in 2007 to create the Community Garden Initiative, a project to fund green communities in cities and towns across Canada. The program ran successfully for two years, funding six projects.

2007 recipients

* The Youth Garden in

Dufferin Grove Park Dufferin Grove Park is a park in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The park is located on the east side of Dufferin Street, south of Bloor Street West. It is located a block south of the Dufferin subway station and a ...

organized by

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. * The Garden of Lite in

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

. * The Julien Project in

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

2008 recipients

* Greenest City in

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. * North Central Community Garden in Regina. * Bayview Memorial Park Stream Restoration in the township of

Oro-Medonte Oro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County. The two neighbouring townships of Oro and Medonte were merged in 1994, under a restructuring of Simcoe County. It is divide ...

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, id=0841964 Gardening television HGTV (Canada) original programming Urban agriculture 2002 Canadian television series debuts 2008 Canadian television series endings 2000s Canadian documentary television series VisionTV original programming