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Time: March 19, 2011 from 9am to 11:30am
Location: Strathcona Community Centre
Street: 601 keefer St.
City/Town: Vancouver
Website or Map: http://www.strathconacc.com
Phone: to register: Strathcona Community Centre 604.713.1838
Event Neighbourhood and Type: strathcona, workshop, gardening, new to gardening, strathcona, growing your own food, becoming more self reliant
Organized By: Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks & SCC. Subsidies are available to low income residents of Vancouver with a Leisure Access Card. For details on how to apply, please contact Strathcona CC or visit http://vancouver.ca/parks/rec/lac/index.htm.
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*Grant Watson will present a workshop that will cover similar topics. Grant's website: www.gourmetgardens.ca
We will confront the bare bones of garden needs, and begin our list of things to do, and create a do-able map of how to begin our 2011 food garden. If you're new to gardening, this is a good introductory course. Robin Wheeler is the founder of the Sustainable Living Arts School and runs Edible Landscapes
(www.ediblelandscapes.ca), on the Sunshine Coast. She is the author of Food Security for the Faint of Heart, and Gardening for the Faint of Heart.
Fee: $30 Subsidies available - see information above.
Registration opens in January.
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