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October 5, 2014 from 9am to 5pm – McBride Park Fieldhouse/Aberthau Mansion and environs A hands-on community arts based workshop and public event presented by Village Vancouver in collaboration with Aberthau artist-in-residence LocoMotoArt. Re-creation aims to engage the dialectic of mo… Organized by Village Vancouver (Ross Moster) and Loco MotoArt (Laura Lee Coles, Miles Thorogood, Phil Thompson) | Type: kits, point grey, workshop, field trip, art, community arts, sound, installation, permaculure
October 7, 2014 from 7pm to 9pm – Aberthau Mansion (West Point Grey Community Centre) It can be easy to forget about the wealth of food that grows all around us. Come out and learn about edible plants that call our region home. Lori Snyder from the Metis Nation will discuss how to ide… Organized by Village Vancouver (Ross Moster), in partnership with artist-in-residence LocoMotoArt (Laura Lee Coles), and E.A.R.T.H. (Lori Snyder) | Type: point grey, aberthau mansion, workshop, native edibles
October 14, 2014 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm – Aberthau Mansion (West Point Grey Community Centre) Learn how to can and preserve some of the local, seasonal bounty which surrounds us at this time of the year. Participants in this hands-on workshop with Caitlin Dorward will learn safe techniques us… Organized by Village Vancouver (Ross Moster), in partnership with artist-in-residence LocoMotoArt (Laura Lee Coles) | Type: point grey, workshop, canning, preserving
October 3, 2015 from 10am to 12pm – Aberthau Mansion (WPGCC) at Village Vancouver Permaculture Demonstration Garden (north of the Mansion, off of Marine Drive) Did you know that linen comes from flax? And that flax was one of humanity's most ancient agricultural crops, with many myths and legends about making it into cloth? Come down to the Aberthau Garden… Organized by Ross Moster, Rebecca Graham, and VV Neighbourhood Food Networks | Type: point grey, workshop, flax, fibre, food, sustenance festival
April 23, 2016 from 11am to 12pm – West Point Grey Community Centre (Aberthau Mansion) What are weeds telling us? What information do they want to share? Are they People Plants? Could they help us in the near future? Are they food? Can we make medicines with them? Come and discover th… Organized by Aberthau Garden Project: Village Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks, Lori Snyder, and LocoMotoArt | Type: point grey, walk, workshop, weeds, native edibles
May 5, 2016 from 6:30pm to 8pm – West Point Grey Community Centre (Aberthau Mansion) In this free Village Vancouver Aberthau Garden Project workshop, you'll learn to create home-made fruit "soda pop" from water kefir starter culture: from creating the initial mixture to flavouring an… Organized by Aberthau Garden Project: Village Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks, Alyssa Kohlman, and LocoMotoArt | Type: point grey, workshop, kefir
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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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