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McBridePark Field House Residency Blog/VV Newsletter

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.    

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The Transition Movement

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?

Click on this image to open the book and you'll be able to read several chapters.

Get involved

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.)

News from The Grist

 

Best wishes for a peaceful, just, and resilient 2025 from                                             Village Vancouver!   

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

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Latest Activity

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Greater Vancouver Permaculture Design Certificate Course at Burnaby Community & Continuing Education : Riverview campus

March 29, 2025 at 9am to June 22, 2025 at 5pm
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Dec 26, 2024
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Jun 13, 2024
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May 30, 2024

Ongoing Activities

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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