Container Gardening Workshop: Fall Planting with Garlic!

Thursday, October 6th, 7-9pm

WMC 2609|SFU Burnaby Campus 

Hosted by EYA and the SFU Local food Project  

* Sliding Scale Payment Method: You can pay with Paypal or pay at the door (see below for instructions)

Want to know about planting in the fall? Love garlic? Then this is the workshop for you! Gardening doesn’t end when October brings the first frost to your door. Become inspired to reduce trips to the grocery store on those harsh, wintery days and learn to get started growing organic food at home. Southwestern British Columbia has a great climate for winter gardening. Learn about the wonders of growing garlic and how to keep the harvest going through the winter. Container gardening is great for folks who live in apartments, rental suites, or don't have a backyard garden to plant in.

Topics will include: 

 Plant selection, soil preparation, covers and other helpful infrastructure.  How to care for your garden on zero-degree nights and where to go for help. Participants should bring a willingness to get their hands dirty.All participants will get an opportunity to plant garlic in a pot to take home with them!

About the Facilitator:

Jodi Peters works for the Environmental Youth Alliance. She facilitates all sorts of skill building workshops, teaches permaculture principles and applications, and urban agriculture techniques. She also helps oversee EYA’s Urban Seeds program, and works with volunteers and staff to save and process seed from the EYA’s Youth Garden. She loves spending time out of the office, picking up coffee grounds to make into compost, working in the beautiful urban green spaces that EYA is involved in creating and maintaining, and she's always delighted to see the creatures big and small that share these spaces with us!

Payment: 

*What does sliding scale payment method mean?  This means we're offering this workshop on a pay-as-you-can basis to make it accessible to students and folks on a budget. Cash and cheques made payable to the SFU Local Food Project will be accepted at the workshop. You can pay using paypal or at the door. To pay at the door, click on the "Order Now" button on the registration page and it will bring you to an order summery page. At the bottom of this page you can then select "show other payment options" and then "Pay at the Door".  From here you can print out your ticket.

Suggested payment: Students: $5 or $15 (ticket option 1 or 2) ; Staff/Faculty: $15 or 25 (ticket option 2 or 3)

For information on our upcoming workshops visit www.sfulocalfood.ca, email solidground@sfulocalfood.ca, or join our mailing list by emailing info@sfulocalfood.ca with 'SUBSCRIBE' in the subject line.

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Brought to you by the SFU Local Food Project 

Generously supported by Metro Vancouver and SustainableSFU

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