| It’s been a big week for us and we’re happy to announce a bunch of exciting gardening workshops coming up in February and March. |
First, don’t forget our Fruit Tree Pruning workshop with Connie Kuramoto, Feb 6th or 8th from 1 pm to 2:30 at the Arrowsmith Lodge Heritage Orchard. Connie is a fantastic presenter and has offered this class for us the past number of years, it’s a proven winner. Click here for Friday or here for Sunday‘s class
Next will be a Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop Feb 28th at 1 pm, with Katie Janeway from Denman Island Heritage Apples. Katie is a regional orchard expert and she’ll teach us proper fruit tree grafting tools and methods in a small class setting. There will be hands-on training showing various techniques, with plenty of practice material on-hand. Tickets are $35. plus Eventbrite fees. Click here for registration.
After that will be Soil Building 101, on March 5 from 6:30-8:00, a new workshop developed for us by Al Chomica, local soil guru and whisperer. He’s going to explore soil health and soil building techniques and concepts, including composting, bokashi, humus, living microbes biochar and much more. Intended for beginner and intermediate soil stewards, Al puts on a fantastic workshop, and will fill you with knowledge you can put into practice in your garden. Click here for the class registration.
Finally, Michalina Hunter from Cicada Seeds is back with her Perennial Vegetables Workshop, March 12 from 6:30-8:00 Michalina is a local Errington seed saver, grower and distributor, and she’ll explore the how, why and which of incorporating perennial vegetables into your garden. Perennial vegetable advantages include: less work, more resilient, store more carbon, fill the early spring Hunger Gap, preserve soil health, and then some. Go here for your tickets.
