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August Organic Plant Sale Wrap up & Thank yous
Wow, what a great turn out for the plant sale last weekend! A massive thank you to every person who came out to buy plants, connect with community, and…
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Call for Board Members
The Compost Education Centre is seeking skilled leaders and innovators to serve on its Board of Directors. The organization is looking to fill three positions at our AGM. Ideal…
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Annual August Plant Sale + 30th Birthday Party
The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is hosting our 11th Annual August Plant Sale! This event features local farmers offering a wide variety of organically grown annual overwintering vegetables and perennials…
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Summer Raffle
Did you hear? We’re having a raffle for a brand new cargo e-bike! In 2021 the Compost Education Centre began a concerted effort to expand and evolve our Child…
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Resource for National Pollinator Week
This week we are highlighting How to continue in the climate apocalypse with bugs and flowers, a zine by CEC staff member Zoe-Blue Coates. This project highlights the importance of insects…
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Annual Spring Organic Plant Sale!
The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is hosting our annual, all-organic spring plant sale! Located at the end of North Park near the Chambers Street intersection, this popular market-style event is…
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We’re Hiring: Marketing and Communications Assistant (Funding Dependent)
Please note: This position is dependent upon Canada Summer Jobs Funding. The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is a charitable, not for profit organization that provides composting, organic gardening and conservation…
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Charlie’s Dirt Day Read Along
This month we’d also like to share a read along of Charlie’s Dirt Day by Andrew Larson, with illustrations by Jacqueline Huson-Verrelli. This is one of our favourite compost-related kids’s books here…
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Community Announcement: Food & Farm Heritage Programs Coordinator
Pender Islands Community Hall is looking for a Food & Farm Heritage Programs Coordinator! This is a great opportunity for a person interested in food, farming, gardening, heritage, research and…
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Food Security Connections Film
In 2021 the Food Security Connections Video came together as a collaborative project of the Food Literacy Working Group of the Good Food Network and the Capital Region Food and…
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Bees & Pollen with the GVPL
What’s all the buzz about bees? Join the Compost Education Centre and the Greater Victoria Public Library to learn about the importance of pollinators and discover little known facts about…
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Worm Poop Centennial Project
It is with much gratitude that we launch the Worm Poop Centennial Project! This project is in partnership with the Victoria Horticultural Society who is celebrating 100 years of hands-on…