2015 Workshop Schedule is up!
December 13, 2014
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Give the gift of green this holiday season!
December 1, 2014
Food waste digesters, composters and compost accessories are 10% off in December!
Don’t forget we don’t just have composters … we also carry books (Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge cards would make fantastic holiday gifts) and a variety of locally made, all-organic, herbal-infused honeys, tinctures and salves from Miss Mullein’s Herbals.
We’re open until Saturday December 20th, so you’ve got plenty of time to stop by, talk compost and find some local and sustainable gifts for the lucky people on your list!
Give the Gift of Good Food
November 30, 2014
Our neighbours at the Fernwood NRG’s Good Food Box are running a holiday fundraiser and we wanted to help spread the word! Here’s the scoop:
Fernwood fundraiser will feed families all year
Donate and make a difference for a family struggling to meet their nutritional needs
This holiday season, Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group (Fernwood NRG) is raising money through their Give the Gift of Good Food fundraiser to support families who attend programs at the Fernwood Community Centre.
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November 23, 2014
If you’re looking for a unique holiday gift for a friend or a way to attract native pollinators to your garden, check out these mason bee condos! These beauties are handmade by Gord Hutchings of Hutchings Bee Service after years of research and design refinement by Gord and his father. They are full of fantastic features like pull-out peekaboo trays to maximize bee health as well as giving you lots of chances to observe the bees. We have them in stock now and are selling them for $35.
We also offer classes from Gord to teach you more about how to care for your mason bees, how to attract native pollinators to your garden and more! Stay tuned for our 2015 workshop schedule for more details on our workshops.
If you’re excited to learn more about our wide variety of amazing native pollinators, Gord’s website is a wealth of information: https://sites.google.com/site/hutchingsbeeservice/home
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November 13, 2014
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October 30, 2014
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October 25, 2014
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September 19, 2014
We are out of green cones until August 23rd
August 14, 2014
Compost enthusiasts: we regret to inform you that we are temporarily out of green cones. They should be back in stock by August 23rd at the latest. Thank you for your patience!
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August 13, 2014
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 hands-on instruction. It is spread over the course of two Saturdays.
The next session will take place on Saturday September 20 from 10am-3pm and Saturday September 27 from 10am-3pm.
Space is limited to 15 participants per session.
Cost is $50.
To reserve your space in the Compost Educator Program, please email Clare at education (a) compost.bc.ca or register online HERE.
Features of the training:
- Site tour, Centre services & staff orientation
- Composting systems & methods
- Compost pile maintenance & troubleshooting
- Worm-bins & indoor composting
- Answers for the public’s Compost FAQ
- Hot compost pile building
- Community educational outreach skills
- Intro to permaculture principles & application
- Organic gardening & soil building
- Comprehensive compost manual that is yours to keep
- Potluck lunches!
Following the training course, volunteers can lend their skills to the Centre as community educators and site volunteers.
Volunteer opportunities include:
Community outreach volunteering involves staffing the Compost Education Centre mobile displays when we attend different events throughout the CRD, such as:
- Moss St. Market
Seedy Saturday
Organic Islands Festival
Community outreach is a powerful tool to spread the ‘dirt’ on composting. It’s a great experience for all involved.
Garden volunteering is a great opportunity to learn new skills and help out in the gardens at the Compost Ed Centre! Work bees are held on the first Saturday of every month from 12:30-3:30. Each one is focused on a relevant task in the garden for that month of the growing season. We begin with a short theory lesson to give some background on the task and then get dirty applying the new knowledge in the garden.