Vancouver's Leader in Transition toward Strong, Resilient, Complete Communities
Time: October 8, 2011 at 10:30am to October 9, 2011 at 3pm
Location: Mole Hill Community Room
Street: back lane at 1169 Pendrell
City/Town: Vancouver
Phone: To register: foodwestend@gmail.com or 604.512.9059
Event Neighbourhood and Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
Organized By: West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Green Millennium Foundation, & VV
Latest Activity: Oct 9, 2011
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Join edible landscapes expert Robin Wheeler for workshops on food growing and security in the highly urbanized setting of the West End. Presentations, discussions, Q&A, handouts.
Personal Food Security 10:30 to 12 noon, Saturday, Oct 8
Apartment Gardening 10:30 to 12 noon, Sunday, Oct 9
Edible Landscaping 1:30 to 3 pm, Sunday, Oct 9
$5 donation (for 1, 2 or all 3)
Thanks: Gordon Neighbourhood House, Vancouver Foundation (Neighbourhood Small Grants Program supported), Mole Hill Community Housing Society (for room space)
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You're welcome, Cylia. I hope you have a great time gardening this weekend.
Ross
Hey, I forgot to mention that Robin teaches traditional skills, sustenance gardening and medicinals at Edible Landscapes (www.ediblelandscapes.ca), a nursery and teaching garden in Roberts Creek, British Columbia, and is the author of Food Security for the Faint of Heart, and Gardening for the Faint of Heart.
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