*Aberthau Garden Open House

Free and family friendly! Explore the grounds, & learn about this year's gardening activities (new volunteers welcome) and workshops. Tours, fermented food & kefir samplings (Alyssa Kohlman from Fermentoring), wild edible weeds talk & walk (Lori Snyder), straw art (Brian Jones), LocoMotoArt's heirloom green bean garden (Laura Lee Coles and Rob Scharein), permaculture and gardening info (Aberthau gardeners). Kids - take a picture with WeBee! Seed library present - get some free seeds, or swap or donate some.

The garden is located behind the Mansion, just off of NW Marine Dr.

ABERTHAU GARDEN PROJECT
Located behind the Mansion, off of NW Marine Dr, & hosted by Village Vancouver, the garden includes VV’s Demonstration Permaculture Garden, the WPG Preschool Garden and art/garden projects by artists-in-residence LocoMotoArt: Laura Lee Coles and Rob Scharein. Emphasizing permaculture design elements, including a small hugelkultur, an herb spiral, planting pollinator attractants, and saving open pollinated seeds, the garden offers fun, inclusive social, educational, culinary and cultural activities for community members. Enjoy free/low-cost Wednesday evening cooking, fermenting & preserving demonstrations, inc. sauerkraut, kefir,and tastes of Korea and India, gardening workshops like early summer gardening, native edibles walks and the seed savers club.
In the garden, newer gardeners garden collaboratively alongside more experienced gardeners at our Saturday work parties, providing a learning experience for everyone. For more info/to get involved in the garden visit our Aberthau Garden Project page or email Ross Moster at ross@villagevancouver.ca. For info on the previous Flax-Food-Fibre project: Aberthauflaxfibrefood.blogspot.ca/.

Organized and led by seniors, VV ElderGreens brings seniors, youth and others together to share food & gardening skills and wisdom through workshops and other activities, including helping to organize the Open House. All ages welcome, please contact us if you're interested in getting involved.

This event is also part of VV's Building Community Food Security and Resilience Project. This project is made possible by the BC Ministry of Agriculture's Grow Local program.

Village is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks (vancouverfoodnetworks.com) -- check it out!

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