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Harvest of some green chile and sweet peppers in mid September, '09.

Kits Villagers interested in growing food together. 1) VV's  a founding member of the 
Westside Collaborative Garden, which successfully concluded it's 3rd year in 2011and has now re-emerged this year as a balcony garden at Kits House 2) Kits Village has a garden and small fruit tree orchard at the 
Billy Bishop Legion…See More

Please note revised start time- 4pm instead of 3:30pm Green Streets COMMUNITY ART GARDEN Corners of 8th & Trimble SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR ART MAKING & GARDENING!We are looking for people with a passion for arts, gardening and/or community building. All are welcome. No experience necessary.  Join us this month to tend the corner gardens at the intersection of 8th & Trimble and begin decorating the space with small art pieces, short stories & interactive poetry to include in the…See More

Please note revised start time- 4pm instead of 3:30pm Green Streets COMMUNITY ART GARDEN Corners of 8th & Trimble SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR ART MAKING & GARDENING!We are looking for people with a passion for arts, gardening and/or community building. All are welcome. No experience necessary.  Join us this month to tend the corner gardens at the intersection of 8th & Trimble and begin decorating the space with small art pieces, short stories & interactive poetry to include in the…See More

Under the guidance of Downtown Eastside environmental artist Sharon Kallis, community members will use natural materials (dogwood branches and ivy) to create a new boat shaped sculpture that will provide shelter for birds in the duck pond at CRAB Park.  This event is part of BC Arts and Culture Week and is a follow up to last year’s successful Nest project. Meet by the park pavilion and dress for the weather!See More

Drop by for some good eats.  I'll have a variety of burrito fillings available for you to roll your own.See More

What on earth is a transition flag?  That's what we'd like to know too!  Come out to the next Arts & Celebration Network gathering to help us figure it all out. This meetup will be part creative jam session and part planning meeting.  At the last A&C Network gathering the idea of "transition flags" arose.  The flags would give people a creative and visual way to record and express things that are important to Village Vancouver participants (what village you're from, key goals from a…See More

What on earth is a transition flag?  That's what we'd like to know too!  Come out to the next Arts & Celebration Network gathering to help us figure it all out. This meetup will be part creative jam session and part planning meeting.  At the last A&C Network gathering the idea of "transition flags" arose.  The flags would give people a creative and visual way to record and express things that are important to Village Vancouver participants (what village you're from, key goals from a…See More

Join us for a community art gardening session to develop an original outdoor eco arts project as part of Vancouver's Green Streets program.  Multidisciplinary artist and educator, Ella Cooper has recently gained four outdoor Green Street plots and would like to turn them into a veritable eco-arts gallery and space for community engagement. Collaborating with the Eco Arts Salon, gardeners, guerilla knitters, creative minds, poets and interested members of the community we will be working to…See More

Join us for a community art gardening session to develop an original outdoor eco arts project as part of Vancouver's Green Streets program.  Multidisciplinary artist and educator, Ella Cooper has recently gained four outdoor Green Street plots and would like to turn them into a veritable eco-arts gallery and space for community engagement. Collaborating with the Eco Arts Salon, gardeners, guerilla knitters, creative minds, poets and interested members of the community we will be working to…See More