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Soil Fertility and Plant Health

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Soil Fertility and Plant Health

Time: June 14, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Langara College
Street: 100 West 49th Avenue
City/Town: Vancouver
Website or Map: http://www.langara.bc.ca/soci…
Phone: 604-323-5322 to register
Event Neighbourhood and Type: workshop, langara, college
Organized By: Langara College Continuing Studies and Village Vancouver
Latest Activity: Jun 9, 2011

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Event Description

Healthy soil is a vibrant community. Learn how to be an ally, not an enemy of your soil. We'll also cover some key techniques for promoting and protecting your annual and perennial food plants, as well as the ones that just look pretty, from disease and pests.

Grant Watson operates Grant's Gourmet Gardens (www.gourmetgardens.ca), an edible landscaping business in Greater Vancouver, and has been involved inlocal organic agriculture since 1994. He serves on the certification committee of the Biodynamic Agriculture Society of BC, is chair of the Oak Street Farmers' Market Committee and is a shareholder and Glen Valley Organic farm Co-op. He has been teaching food gardening to children and adults since 2003.

$20 ($10 students/low income) Course Registration Number: 60860

Register in advance: call 604-323-5322

Questions? Contact Leslie at 604-323-5981 or lkemp@langara.bc.ca or Jennifer at jhales@langara.bc.ca

More info: http://www.langara.bc.ca/social-cultural/summer-school/courses.html#11 

This workshop is part of Langara's 2011 Summer School on Building Community! http://www.langara.bc.ca/social-cultural/summer-school/index.html

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