Workshops at 2010 Open House:

 

How to Keep Chickens for Complete Beginners/Southland Farms: Sunday, July 11

Thinking about having your own chickens and fresh eggs?  Jordan Maynard, Manager of Southlands Heritage Farm, will help you understand the basics of keeping chickens in your backyard.  You’ll leave this workshop with the confidence to buy, care for, and enjoy your own backyard hens. 

Permaculture Workshop/Vancouver Permaculture Meet-Up Group: Sunday, July 11

Permaculture is an important way of letting the earth take care of itself.  Learn basic permaculture techniques from the Vancouver Permaculture Meet-Up Group.

 

Winter Gardening/Grant Watson/Grant’s Gourmet Gardens: Sunday, July 11, 1pm

Want to have fresh vegetables from your own garden year round?  Certified organic farmer & edible landscaper, Grant Watson, will teach you the basics of what/when to plant, so you can harvest from your garden in the coldest season.

 

Mushroom Growing: Sunday, July 11, 12pm-2pm

Sample fresh mushrooms and learn how to grow them in your home or backyard.

 

Corsage Making: Sunday, July 11, 12pm-2pm

Watch corsages being made from flowers and leaves picked that morning at Cottonwood. You can have a corsage custom-made for you, or choose one that has been made.

 

Compost Making/City Farmer: Sunday, July 11, 10:30am-2pm

Learn how to make compost from City Farmer’s Compost Hotline Staff.

 

Birdhouse Making for Kids: Sunday, July 11

This hands-on workshop teaches kids how to make their own birdhouse.  Each participant will be able to make and keep a wooden birdhouse they have made. 

Kids Zone: Sunday, July 11, 10am to 2pm

Fun earth-based learning & projects all day for little ones.  Kids can make their own birdhouse, mason bee house, plant seeds, make garden art & more! 

 

Bee-keeping demonstration: Sunday, July 11

Bee-keepers from each garden will demonstrate basic bee-keeping techniques and teach people about bees and their needs.

 

Solar Eco-House Demo: Sunday, July 11, 10:30am – 2pm, Strathcona Community Garden

See Strathcona’s wonderful solar house.  This garden house generates its own power with solar panels, re-uses all its water with a grey-water recovery system, was built with recycled materials, and has a licensed composting toilet.  Built over 15 years ago by teenage women learning carpentry skills, this is one of Vancouver’s oldest off-the-grid houses.

Native Garden Tours
Come to the Native Garden at Cottonwood and we'll show you the BC native plants you can grow to replace some of the invasive plants that have been introduced into BC.  Sunday, July 11,  starting time to be announced.

Backyard chicken, permaculture, winter gardening and seed ball workshops generously organized by Village Vancouver, www.villagevancouver.ca

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Please call (604) 608-0384 or email cottonwoodgarden@gmail.com

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE FREE.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE AT COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY GARDEN, UNLESS INDICATED.