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Compost Educator Training this September!
The Basics: The Compost Educator Program (CEP) is a comprehensive volunteer training program that has been offered by the Centre since 1992. The CEP includes 10 hours of classroom, practical, and…
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Fall organic plant sale on Aug 16th!
Here at the Compost Education Centre, we always enjoy watching beautiful starts leave the sale to find their new homes in gardens around town. We’ll be hosting our second plant…
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August is ‘bring a friend for free’ month!
We are excited to offer a 2-for-1 special on our August workshops! For the month of August, all Compost Club members who take a workshop can bring a friend along…
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Miss Mullein’s Herbals are here!
We are SO excited to announce the arrival of Ravenhill Herb Farm’s line of herbal healing products: Miss Mullein’s Herbals. We will be carrying a selection of their locally made,…
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DIY rain barrel kits now in stock!
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Buy your Compost Club Membership online!
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Green cone sale extended until Oct 31st
In exciting composting news, we are offering the green cone food digesters for a special sale price of $130 (down from $165) until September 30th October 31st! So many folks…
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Solstice Beauty
June is the month where things settle into their boots (or roots, if you will) and start to show off everything they’ve got. I recently took a walk around the…
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Compost Ed goes to Mayne Island
This past week the Compost Ed Centre took a little day trip to Mayne Island to teach the folks there all about some advanced composting methods. We gathered in the…
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New Beneficial Insect Garden!
We’ve recently planted a garden to provide food and habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects here at the Centre. The goal of this garden is to provide forage for…
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FernFest is coming up on the summer solstice!
Attention Victoria, you are invited to Fernwood Square on Friday night and all day Saturday, June 20 & 21, to celebrate 19 years of FernFest and the summer solstice. The…
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Pollination Education Day on June 14th!
Without pollinators, humans and wildlife wouldn’t have much to eat! Bees, butterflies, wasps and even bats, ants, birds and beetles pollinate over 90% of the planet’s flowering plants and over…