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Finalist for Nature Inspiration Awards
Healing City Soils is a finalist for the Canadian Museum of nature’s Community Action Nature Inspiration Award! The award celebrates community groups who show leadership in taking action to protect…
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The Red Wriggler Revue movie night September 28
Mites! Camera! Action! The Compost Education Centre will be hosting the first Red Wriggler Revue on September 28th from 6:30-9. Come by for a screening of the 1998 Pixar classic,…
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Shaping Our 3-Year Strategic Plan
The fall is a time for fresh starts. As students head back to school and our child and youth programming kicks off, we’re laying the foundation for our three-year strategic…
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CEC Annual General Meeting
At our Annual General Meeting (AGM), staff and board members of the CEC will review the important work that the organization accomplished in 2022. We will recap educational program achievements,…
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August Plant Sale and Celebration
The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is hosting our annual August Plant Sale at 1202 Yukon St. from 10AM-1PM! This event features local farmers offering a wide variety of organically grown…
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Welcome Celia!
Summer is here and we are so happy to welcome our newest staff member! Celia has been a longtime volunteer in the garden and the Healing City Soils program. We…
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May Plant Sale
The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is hosting our annual all-organic Spring plant sale on May 13th from 10AM-2PM! The plant sale will take place for the first time in Haegert…
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The Secret life of worm herders
Our resident worm herder and child and youth education coordinator, Jeffrey was featured in a Saanich News article on worm composting. In the article and accompanying video, Jeffrey demonstrates how…
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New Factsheet! #24: Grow Your Own Food
This new factsheet will walk you through: How to build the best soil; what time and money you’ll need; easy & productive plants to grow; and how to care for…
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Welcome, Claire!
Claire Remington has joined the Compost Education team as the Executive Director. She is a settler with German, British, and Irish ancestry who has lived on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories for…
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2023 Seeds are here!
2023 seeds are $4.75, pick them up at our retail space at 1216 North Park St. Annual Veggies Arugula, annual; Arugula, sylvetta; Beets, Winterkeeper; Broccoli, Purple Sprouting; Carrot, Berlicumer; Kale,…
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Good Food Champions 2022
We are grateful to be this years recipients of the Good Food Champion Award in the Food Literacy Category. This recognition of our work is motivation for us to continue…