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June 18, 2016 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm – Stanley Park Nature House June is a special time of the year for herons in Stanley Park. The chicks have hatched and it’s getting noisy. Discover what juvenile herons need in order to be ready to leave the nest. The tour of t… Organized by Celina Starnes | Type: stanley, park, birds, outdoors, education
June 18, 2016 from 12pm to 6pm – Booth: outside WE Community Centre, Festival: Denman St from Davie to Robson Join us for WE Car Free Day. We'll have a seed library there - you can get some free seeds for your garden, or swap or donate some seeds. Find out what's going on with VV and WENFN, including the net… Organized by VV and WENFN | Type: west end, car free day, wenfn, we garden club
June 16, 2016 from 6pm to 7pm – Kits, near beach (RSVP here or to kitsrecycling@villagevancouver.ca for address) Drop off your clean plastics at our monthly recycling depot. Please arrive no later than 6:45. Recycling categories: 1. Soft plastics, i.e. any plastic bags, wraps or packaging, 2. Hard plastics, i.… Organized by Alison Bealy, Ross Moster, Laura Lee Coles, and Kits Village | Type: kitsilano, recycling, plastic, zero waste
June 15, 2016 from 6:30pm to 9pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden Enjoy your own home grown herbs all year. This class will focus on the best techniques to grow, harvest, use and store herbs to maximize flavour and nutritional value. Learn how to get the most out o… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: kerrisdale, shaughnessy, gardening
June 14, 2016 at 7pm to June 23, 2016 at 8:30pm – 4 green spaces around Vancouver Would you like to feel safe and confident eating local, wild plants? Do you want to gather wild edibles and medicinals without needing to become a botany expert? more info--> http://livingmedicine… Organized by garliq | Type: foraging, workshop
June 14, 2016 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – West End Community Centre It can be easy to forget about the wealth of food that grows all around us. In this West End Seniors Garden Club workshop and walk, you'll learn about edible plants that call our region home. Lori Sn… Organized by WE Neighbourhood Food Network (Ross Moster) and E.A.R.T.H. & Company (Lori Snyder) | Type: west end, workshop, walk, native edibles, we seniors garden club
June 12, 2016 from 1pm to 3:30pm – West End Community Center (Barclay Room) Join West End Neighbourhood Food Network and Village Vancouver at our monthly family friendly gatherings. Bring something yummy and share some good food and conversation with neighbours. We'll have a… Organized by WE Neighbourhood Food Network and Village Vancouver | Type: west end, potluck, mini-workshop, seed swap, plant swap, we seniors garden club
June 12, 2016 from 10am to 12:30pm – VanDusen Botanical Garden Encourage bumblebee, mason bee, and other native bee populations in your urban garden. This class will touch on bee ID, natural history of native bees, and basic gardening tips such as best flower ch… Organized by VanDusen Botanical Garden | Type: kerrisdale, shaughnessy, gardening
June 11, 2016 from 2pm to 4pm – Scottish Cultural Centre Inverglen Scottish Dancers invite you to their annual year-end performances of Highland and Scottish Country Dancing. There is even a chance to join in at the end of the show! Featuring Piper Kevin W… Organized by Sandra Crosby | Type: dance, performance
June 11, 2016 from 10am to 1pm – Sources Women's Place One of the safest and less energy consuming ways to preserve food is pickling: while most people are familiar with pickled cucumbers, you can pickle almost any vegetable or fruit: join us to learn th… Organized by Silvia Di Blasio | Type: south, surrey
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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
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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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