We’re Taking Our Workshops Online!

March 20, 2020


On Saturday, March 21st, we’re offering Planning Your Year Round Veggie Garden (Paid, $20, 10am-12pm) and Worm Composting (FREE, 1-3pm) online.

This means we’re opening up lots more spaces and, depending on interest, more workshops that you can attend (and ask us questions) from home!

Link to tickets can be accessed here: http://tiny.cc/p4gllz

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CEC, COVID-19 Preparedness and Flattening the Curve

March 14, 2020



The Compost Education Centre is currently doing its part to respond to COVID 19 concerns and working to “flatten the curve” of the outbreak.

Although policies and events are evolving rapidly we are currently:

  • Maintaining a healthy work environment with posted information about how to stop the spread of illness.
  • Encouraging employees, visitors and workshop attendees to stay home when ill, having traveled to one of the countries on Canada’s advisory list or having had recent contact with a sick person.
  • Promoting proper hygiene (hand washing, coughing and sneezing etiquette) and social distancing among employees, visitors and workshop attendees.
  • Ensuring easy availability of soap and water, or alcohol-based hand sanitizer products.
  • Expanding and establishing policies and tools that enable employees to work from home.

You can connect to trusted information via the Office of the Provincial Health Officer or the BC Centre for Disease Control.

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Troubleshooting Roots in Your Compost Bin

August 10, 2018


Though composting can be a pretty basic process once you understand the fundamentals, there’s bound to be a few hiccups along the way. In this video, Site Manager and Adult Education Coordinator, Alysha Punnett, shows us how to tackle the invasion of wandering roots in a compost bin.

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How to Apply Vermicompost (Worm Castings) To Your Veggie Bed

August 2, 2018


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Spring Soil Prep by Alysha Punnett

April 5, 2018


Read the article here.

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Factsheet #18: Vermin Resistance

December 7, 2017


Factsheet #18: Vermin Resistance

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Comfrey Bocking 14 Slips @ the CEC

October 6, 2017


Fall is prime time to plant comfrey slips and next week the CEC will be selling Comfrey Bocking 14 slips by donation!

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Teaching Gardens and Resource Centre Site Tour Teaser

September 22, 2017


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2017 Applications Closed: Healing City Soils

June 7, 2017


Thank you for your interest in Healing City Soils, the next round of applications will be open in early 2018.

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