Spring Organic Plant Sale

May 2, 2018


The Compost Education Centre (CEC) is hosting our 16th annual all-organic spring plant sale! The event is on Saturday May 12th, 10am-2pm at the CEC demonstration site at 1216 North Park Street. The Spring Organic Plant Sale features local farmers offering a wide variety of organically grown vegetable, flower and herb seedlings to get you off to a successful start this growing season.

What you can look forward to:
• The largest selection of organically grown heirloom tomato varieties all in one place for easy shopping
• Organically grown vegetable starts from arugula to zucchini
• Native plants for your low maintenance garden
• Perennial edibles like berry bushes and other fruiting shrubs
• Medicinal herbs like English lavender, chamomile and yarrow
• Culinary herbs like Genovese basil, dill and chives
• Companion plants like marigolds, sweet cicely and comfrey
• Live music!

2018 VENDORS:

Saanich Organics

Metchosin Farm

Growceries

New Mountain Farm

Mason Street City Farm

Hatchet & Seed

Ravensong

Saanich Native Plants

Organic Gardener’s Pantry

Crooked Fir Farm & Nursery

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Spring Soil Prep by Alysha Punnett

April 5, 2018


Read the article here.

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Cover Cropping for the Backyard Garden by Alysha Punnett

February 7, 2018


Cover cropping for the backyard garden

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Winter Growing

December 14, 2017


Winter Growing, written by our Site Manager, Alysha Punnett and published by the NRG online publication.

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Factsheet #18: Vermin Resistance

December 7, 2017


Factsheet #18: Vermin Resistance

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The Compost Education Centre Needs Your Help

November 23, 2017


You can find ways to support us on our homepage and via these links:
http://givingtuesday.ca/partners/compost-education-centre

or here:
https://compost.bc.ca/get-involved/donate/

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Last Workshops of 2017!

October 19, 2017


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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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Cold Weather Composting

October 5, 2017


Cold weather composting

Above is a link to the article written by Alysha Punnett, the CEC’s site manager, published by the Fernwood NRG.

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We are looking for your input!

September 29, 2017


What workshops would you like to see at the Compost Education Centre next year?

 

Fill out this link to have your input included in our Programming Session!

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