Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
McBride Park Field House Residency Blog 2019-2024
The Village Vancouver residency at McBride Fieldhouse was generously supported by the Vancouver Park Board's Fieldhouse Activation Program which provides project space and access to parks to foster community-engaged activity that focuses on arts, culture, sports, environment, local food and social encounters. The residency has now ended.
Village Vancouver is part of a global movement and integrated network in 45 countries of:
Want a quick peak into a bible of Transition, The Transition Companion?
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Have a desire to advance ecological sustainability, community resiliency, regeneration & self-reliance, and social well-being in Vancouver? To connect with others in your community to create positive local responses to things like climate disruption, depletion of natural assets and economic instability and inequity? Grow more food? Learn how to fix your bike or prepare for an emergency? Get your Permaculture Design Certificate? Share a meal or swap stuff with your neighbours? Save heritage seeds? Engage in placemaking in your neighbourhood ? Participate in a more localized economy and consume less? Bioremediate your community?
Check out our Villages, Groups, Networks, and Projects -- including Neighbourhood Food Networks -- VV's centres of creativity where constructive dialogue leads to connection, collaboration, and inspired action in fun and satisfying ways!
We run on people power - join our website and/or the Village Vancouver Transition Society and get involved. Don't wait for an invitation; find folks on your own and "grab the reins." (We can help! - contact projects@villagevancouver.ca.)
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Community Gardens
March 1-April 26 Saturday- Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 5-June 28 Saturday-Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
Winter Workshops & Events
March 01-March 29, Saturday: Kitsilano Community Garden
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 01-April 26, Saturday: Aberthau Community Garden
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 04, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 05, Wednesday: Planning and Planting Your Spring Garden
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 09, Sunday: Planning Your Spring Garden
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Trout Lake Community Centre
March 10, Monday: Balcony, Container and Small Space Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
March 11, Tuesday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 12, Wednesday: Introduction to Organic Gardening Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 13, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 14, Friday: Menu Planning, Meal Prep and Mason Jar Salads Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 16, Sunday: WE Garden Club: Sourcing Good Seeds
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 18, Tuesday: Mini-Macrame Wall Hangings Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
March 19, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver March Meetup-Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Info Session
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
March 24, Monday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
March 25, Tuesday: DIY Crochet Dishcloths Cancelled
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
March 29, Saturday: DIY Sugar Scrubs and Bath Salts Cancelled
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 2, Wednesday: Gardening in a Changing Climate
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 6, Sunday: Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Information Session
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM at West End Community Centre
April 6, Sunday: Collaborative and Community Gardening Opportunities Information Session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 7, Monday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
April 10, Thursday: Grow Your Own Sprouts and Microgreens
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
April 14, Monday: Cordage and Coiled Basket
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 16, Wednesday: Introduction to Organic Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 17, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 17, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 22, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
April 23, Wednesday: Gardening in a Changing Climate
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
April 23, Wednesday: Permaculture Vancouver April Meetup
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 24, Thursday: Introduction to Organic Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at False Creek Community Centre
April 26, Saturday: Growing Superfoods
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
April 27, Sunday: WE Garden Club- Growing Great Tomatoes
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM at West End Community Centre
May 01, Thursday: Homemade Kombucha Brewing
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM at West End Community Centre
May 06, Tuesday: Introduction to Vertical Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Coal Harbour Community Centre
May 11, Sunday: Growing Tasty Tomatoes
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 12, Monday: Healthy Soil for a Great Garden
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West Point Grey Community Centre
May 13, Tuesday: Making Jute and Wool Baskets
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 14, Wednesday: Healthy Soil for a Great Garden
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at West End Community Centre
May 15, Thursday: Balcony, Container and Small Space Gardening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
May 15, Thursday: Kitsilano Village Recycling Depot
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Kitsilano Community Centre
Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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