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October 8, 2011 at 10:30am to October 9, 2011 at 3pm – Mole Hill Community Room 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… Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Green Millennium Foundation, & VV | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
October 8, 2011 from 2pm to 3:30pm – Kiwassa Neighbourhood House The Whys and Wherefores of food cycles - why we want them, and how to get them. We will plan round the calendar food supplies, both in the larder and stored in the garden. Robin teaches traditional… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Network & Hastings Sunrise Village | Type: hastings sunrise, food, gardening, growing food, community resiliency
October 27, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Confined to an apartment but still want to grow some food? Come learn what can be done in a small, container-bound garden. Grant Watson is a former organic farmer. He continues to advocate for local… Organized by Village Vancouver, West End Transition Village, West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
November 3, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Fall is the time to start planning your food garden for next year. We’ll discuss garden layout, bed preparation, ordering seeds, soil building, etc. Grant Watson is a former organic farmer. He conti… Organized by Village Vancouver, West End Transition Village, West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
November 6, 2011 from 10:30am to 12pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room This workshop outlines required materials and demonstrates a step-by-step process of buildingself-watering-planters. Learn the system of growing plants in an urban setting that reduces the amount of… Organized by Village Vancouver, West End Transition Village, West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
January 14, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm – West End Community Centre, Denman Room Join WENFN for a potluck, followed by a presentation on food security and urban agriculture activities in the West End. Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
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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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