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One of the Festival's events invites anyone and everyone to create a one-of-a-kind containerized garden planter-the planter and focal interest must be of reclaimed materials. They will be judged and auctioned. 25%of the winning bids will be returned to the entrant and 75% will form a bursary program for this southwestern Ontario, rural farmland region's secondary school students who are pursuing post secondary education in environmental, landscape and farm science programs in Ontario.

Check the website for details.

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Private Garden Tour

June 14th & 15th, 10am to 4pm.
Advance Tickets $30, available at the Garden Shop and the Administration Office.

Visit the VanDusen Garden Website for more details.

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TBG is partnering with the ROM to create a herbarium containing specimens from our gardens. This course will explore the history, purpose, constraints and ethics of collecting plants for pleasure and for science. Participants will be trained in how to collect, press, mount and label plant specimens with a focus on the native and medicinal plants found in the TBG gardens.
Wednesday, May 7, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. NEW DATE!
Public $25 / Members $20

** more events @ http://www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca/programs/overview.htm

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offers classes ALL summer long on natural gardening courses. Sign Up Now.

http://www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum/ProgsWrkshps/SPspringsummer08-jan17.pdf

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Sat May 10 2008 -- Sat Oct 11

Hamilton Community Gardens, a ministry of the West Highland Baptist Church, is pleased to announce that our two-fold garden resumes in May of 2008. The first is our “Victory Garden”, a one-acre plot where vegetables are grown in order to supply fresh produce to those in need in the Hamilton area. The goal for the Victory Garden in 2008 is the distribution of a minimum of 5,000 pounds of produce. The second objective of Hamilton Community Gardens involves our “Community Garden Plots”, which are sections of land (15 ft x 15 ft) made available for use by anyone who wishes to grow their own food and/or flowers. These plots are ploughed, have a water source, and are offered at a very affordable cost for the season.
http://www.actlocally.info/showevent.php?id=3371

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An ongoing project of the Conservers and friends, Garden With Nature is dedicated to promoting natural (pesticide and herbicide free) gardening and landscaping. Every year we present our own Garden With Nature Awards to individuals or organizations who have excelled at nature-friendly gardening. This programme is currently offered only in Dundas. For further information contact Gail Spring at 905-627-1693 or e-mail Gail @ gail.spring@sympatico.ca

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June 7, 2008
8:00 am to 3:00 pm
If you’re looking for organic, heritage or native plants and seeds, this is the place to be. Native plant nurseries, seed vendors and eco-businesses will be onsite and keen to help you green your garden. Join us for workshops and demonstrations on container gardening, gardening for wildlife, creating shade gardens and more.
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We have a full calendar of events for 2008, including our enormously popular Saturday Farmers’ Market (May 24 to December) and a wide variety of festivals, workshops and public activities. Come down to our site any weekend to shop, explore, play and learn. Learn about the latest in green gardening… there’s lots to do.

Jun 1: Brick Works Nature Walk
Jun 7: Gardening Fair
Jun 14: Love your Water! Community Watershed Stewardship Day
Jun 21: Summer Solstice Wildflower Day
Jul 5: Lost Rivers Mud Creek Walk
Jul 19: Environmental Movie: Radiant City
Jul 27: Weeds 101: Identifying Invasive Species
Aug 23: Farm to Fork Festival

check out http://evergreen.ca/rethinkspace/?cat=9 or
E-mail: info@evergreen.ca
Call us toll free: 1-888-426-3138

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For three out of the last four growing seasons Ontario has suffered periodic drought conditions. Xeriscaping, (low water gardening), using appropriate plants and practices, is fast becoming a necessity! This talk outlines helpful hints, gardening ideas and plants for successful Xeriscaping. A major emphasis is on creating a low maintenance scree bed. There will be a tour of the garden following the talk.

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Trees: Don't Get Stumped
June 25 @ 7 - 8:30 p.m.

This talk will cover the role of the city in tree care, urban forestry, challenges to trees in urban areas, diseases, insects, invasive species and homeowner responsibility
contact :: Gavin Longmuir
City of Mississauga


August 21 @ 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Planting a Full Season Organic Vegetable Garden
Learn about how to plan, plant and maintain a vegetable garden to feed yourself and your family. Focus on maximizing small spaces, selecting the right plants and varieties for your garden, extending the season, preparing your garden for winter as well as storing and preserving your harvest for the winter months!
contact :: Carolyn Bailey Ecosource

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Trees: Don't Be Stumped
This talk will cover the role of the city in tree care, urban forestry, challenges to trees in urban areas, diseases, insects, invasive species and homeowner responsibility. There will be a tour of the garden following the talk.


Planting a Full Season Organic Vegetable Garden:
August 21 @ 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Learn about how to plan, plant and maintain a vegetable garden to feed yourself and your family. Focus on maximizing small spaces, selecting the right plants and varieties for your garden, extending the season, preparing your garden for winter as well as storing and preserving your harvest for the winter months!

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During this evening workshop will look at how we use and sometimes abuse pesticides to cure, and sometimes cause problems. Introductory in nature, we will get familiar with the range of pesticides available, their toxicity, their applications and their alternatives. If time and weather permits we may walk in the Botanical Garden to view pest problems and the methods by which we address them.


TONS MORE EVENTS ALL SUMMER LONG
check out http://www.mun.ca/botgarden/gardening/

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Gardening schedule at the Edible Campus garden (at McGill
University), 2008 season:

Tuesdays 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Thursdays 4 pm to 7 pm
Saturdays 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Hope you can join us for some gardening soon!
Learn all the basics about rooftop, balcony or stairwell gardens. Check out events at
http://rooftopgardens.ca/en/node/1396


Garden address: in the courtyard of 805 Sherbrooke West
**Directions: when you enter the main McGill gates on Sherbrooke, the
garden is on your right, next to the Burnside building. The garden
is on a roof, but at ground level. Therefore, it is very easy to
find and is very accessible.

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Thursday, June 26 7 – 9 p.m.
Locatoin: TBA
Landscape design, composting, preparation of soil, soil testing
Speaker: Jessica Tivy

Thursday, July 17 @ 7 – 9 p.m.
Location: TBA
Drought resistant plant selection
Perennials, ornamental grasses and shrubs
Speaker: Belinda Gallagher

Wednesday, August 6 7 – 9 p.m.
where: Ignatius Jesuit Centre,
Garden 5420 Hwy. 6 North
Eating from the garden
Evaluation of the garden production
Speaker: Michael Shook

Thursday, August 14 7 – 9 p.m.
where: TBA
Natural pest control
Speaker: Belinda Gallagher

Wednesday, September 24 6 – 8 p.m.
where: Ignatius Jesuit Centre,
Garden5420 Hwy. 6 North
Putting your garden and Landscapes to bed
Planning for 2009
Speaker: Michael Shook / Jessica Tivy

check out more @ http://guelph.ca/living.cfm?itemid=74775&smocid=2280

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This month we are offering Beginner Level Organic Vegetable Gardening Workshops at various locations around the city. The cost of the workshops is $5.00 or pay what you can and they will run for 2 hours. More workshops are being organized, so keep watching this space for additional locations. We are asking that you please register at the location where you intend to participate, all contact information is provided.

Tues, June 3rd (6:30 - 8:30 pm)
more events planned @
http://www.spcottawa.on.ca/OFSC/en/community_garden_network.asp

Call 613-247-4846 to reserve your spot

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June 11 XER0SCAPE –

An introduction to ‘Dry-land Gardening” stressing the importance of site preparation, soils, and the selection of native and cultivated plant species for the rising recognition and adaptation to the climate change phenomenon.

check out more events @
http://www.stalbertbotanicpark.com/current_events.htm#10

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Come join us for a special “First Thursday” event in Olympic Plaza on June 5th from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. The Society will be hosting a kick off to the summer, with demonstrations on composting, container gardening and more. Learn how to start a Community Garden in your neighbourhood and how to manage your garden without chemicals. Talk to experts about your gardening concerns and check out some great garden art.

https://www.calhort.org/events/eventsupcomingeventsworkshops.aspx?id=573

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A fundraiser for the Manitoba Naturalists Society. The MNS is hosting a tour of nine beautiful Winnipeg gardens. Ticket price is $10. Call the MNS at 943-9029 for tickets and information

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Introduction to Organic Food Gardening
What is it and how can I use it?
http://www.cityfarmer.org/CFschool.html#cfschool
Learn how to grow your own vegetables in an urban environment. City Farmer's hands on organic food gardening course includes:


site planning/design/soil preparation
choice of seeds-plants/starting seeds
companion-succession planting/harvesting/composting
organic gardening techniques/natural pest control/bugs
container gardening
waterwise gardening
birds and mammals in the garden

$100. CALL TO REGISTER: 604.736-2250

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Claude Chlifour of Paridon Horticulture. You’ll learn everything you need to know to start your own water gardening adventure. RSVP
Time: 10:30am
For more information visit www.tanglebank.com

or check out http://circlefarmtour.com

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Come learn at these free events about how to have a beautiful ecological
garden without the harmful effects of cosmetic pesticides on our health
and environment.

With Presentations by the Earthwise Society and the Canadian Cancer
Society.

Thursday, June 26th

7:00pm - 8:30pm

George Mackie Library (North Delta)

8440-112th Street, Delta

Thursday, July 3rd

10:00am - 11:30am

South Delta Library (Tsawwassen)

1321A 56th Street, Delta

Monday, July 7th

10:00am - 11:30am

Ladner Pioneer Library

4683 51st Street, Delta

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Tired of spending money on expensive, smelly and toxic cleaners? Make your own safe, effective and environmentally-friendly cleaning products to take home in this great workshop. $10 to cover cost of materials.

Saturday July 5th, 10:00am to 12:00pm at the Langley Demonstration Garden on 221st Street between 48th and 49th Avenue near WC Blair Pool

Contact Langley Demonstration Garden at 604.532.3521 or mwiese@tol.bc.ca to register.

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Gardening with Native Plants
Enhance your local environment and beautify your garden at the same time! Learn about how you can incorporate native plants in your landscaping. Native plants have the advantage of being easy to grow in their home climate.
Free!

Wednesday July 16th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Langley Demonstration Garden on the 4900 block of 221st Street near WC Blair Pool

Contact Langley Demonstration Garden at 604.532.3521 or mwiese@tol.bc.ca to register.

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Learn what you can plant or incorporate in your garden to attract butterflies, birds, dragonflies and other wildlife to your garden from special guest expert Gwen Odermat from Petals and Butterflies nursery. $10.

Wednesday July 23rd, 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the LEPS Office, #204 22071 48th Avenue

Contact Langley Demonstration Garden at 604.532.3521 or mwiese@tol.bc.ca to register.

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Forage in the demonstration garden to create a delicious locally-sourced meal prepared and shared al fresco, then create a windowsill garden to take home. Enjoy a tasty organic meal with appetizer, meal salad, and dessert. Dietary restrictions will be taken into consideration. $20.

Tuesday July 29th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Langley Demonstration Garden, between 48th and 49th Avenue on 221st Street near WC Blair Pool.

Contact Langley Demonstration Garden at 604.532.3521 or mwiese@tol.bc.ca to register.

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Opening June 18th, Canada Post Carriers will nominate nominating gardens from the over 60 postal routes in North Bay. If you know of an outstanding front yard garden that is worth considering please let us know at mayne@onlink.net.
The North Bay Horticultural Society will commence paring down the first round nominations starting on July 4. The North Bay Master Gardeners will adjudicate the final winning gardens on July 27.

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The Township of Langley is holding a natural garden contest! Evaluation will be based on a wide variety of critera including reduction of lawn size, water efficient irrigation practices, avoidance of chemicals and pesticides and use of drought tolerant plants. Prizes include gift certificates, native plants, bird feeders, composters, water savers and more!
Please go to www.tol.bc.ca/waterwise for more info and to download entry form.
Contest closes August 15th, 2008.

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West Shore Chamber of Commerce, the City of Langford and the Little Elf Garden Centre are the proud sponsors of the 5th Annual Garden Contest. Residents of Langford, Colwood and Metchosin are invited to enter their garden in the commercial/business property category. Criteria include vegetable or victory gardens, best overall, xeriscaping,
native plant gardens, water features and more.
Applicants will be accepted unti June 30th.
Please go to www.cityoflangford.ca and click on the link for entry forms and more information!

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Organic Islands Festival and Sustainability Expo is a rallying community-based event providing a look at who’s who in the green community. Canada’s largest outdoor green festival features over 100 Exhibits, Interactive Displays, Presentations, Natural Food Demos, Children’s Activities and Entertainment.

Please come see us July 5th and 6th, 2008 from 10 am to 5 pm at Glendale Gardens in Victoria.

For more information, please go to www.organicislands.ca

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Download a Pesticide Free Naturally Action Kit from http://www.gca.ca/indexcms/index.php?pfn and learn more about alternatives to pesticides and factsheets on health impacts.
BC and french PDF versions avaliable.

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Canadian Organic Growers (COG), through its Growing Up Organic project, invites youth to join the vibrant local food movement! We’ll explore some unusual methods of growing food in the city, including rooftop gardening, container gardening and the value of community gardens; meet community leaders working on food security issues; and watch some spinechilling videos sure to bring lively debate to the question: who is growing our food, and just what’s in it? We’ll then escape the city and head out to Alpenblick Farm for 2 nights. Farmers Robert & Petra will teach you how to milk goats, make cheese, and care for the cattle & sheep that graze their 320 acre organic farm outside Stittsville. While there, you’ll learn how to cook over an open fire with our nutritionist; identify and prepare wild edible plants; and participate in a land art project with the help of professional artists!

July 28 - August 1
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
$198.00
Register with the Glebe Neighborhood Activities Group on their website at: www.gnag.ca/programs/camp.htm
or by phone at 613-564-1058.

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A Biodynamic Agriculture Study Group will be forming to read and discuss Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures. These lectures are the foundation of biodynamic agriculture, a growing movement to heal the earth while providing nutritious food for human beings and other species. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month beginning January 17, 2008, at Riverglen Farm. Information: Linnea at (613) 596-0551.

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Wednesday August 20th, from 11am to 3pm

Join us at this annual event for:
-Barbequed beef and veggie burgers
-Live music
-Kid's crafts
-Birdhouse building
-Samples of blackberry treats
-Great prizes
-Invasive species education

Langley Demonstration Garden - 4900 block of 221st Street

Prizes for the tastiest blackberry creation!

Phone Langley Environmental Partners Society at 604.532.3521 or email mwiese@tol.bc.ca to enter your blackberry baking.

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Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the North Shore Natural Gardens Tour with visits to five inspiring naturally-maintained gardens and a festival celebrating local food production! Learn sustainable gardening techniques, discover the many options for urban food growing and have your questions answered by experts. Drop by the new Edible Garden Project urban farm to enjoy toe-tapping music, local food, natural gardening demos and food-related kids' crafts. September 14th from 11am to 4pm. Free Tour guidebooks available at North Shore garden centres, municipal halls and libraries or online after the September long weekend. For more information: www.naturalgardenstour.com or (604) 984-9730.