Recreating Eden is a Canadian lifestyle and gardening

Gardening

Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants are grown for consumption , for their dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use...

 television documentary

Television documentary

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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 HGTV Canada

HGTV Canada

HGTV is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned and operated by Shaw Media and Scripps Networks Interactive. It consists of programs regarding home and garden...

 in 2002

2002 in television

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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
  Dufferin Grove Park is a park in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. 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 across the street from Dufferin Mall...
  
   organized by FoodShare of Toronto
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
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• The Garden of Lite in Winnipeg
  Winnipeg
  Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
  
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• The Julien Project in Guelph
  Guelph
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2008 recipients

• Greenest City in Toronto
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
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• North Central Community Garden in Regina
  Regina, Saskatchewan
  Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
  
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• Bayview Memorial Park Stream Restoration in the township of Oro-Medonte.