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Growing Food Naturally for Kids & Families
Dates: Sundays, Mar 26 – May 28 (excluding Apr 16 & May 21)
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Age Group: 7 and up
Children under 7 may attend for free if a parent is taking the course
Cost: $250 per person
Family Rate: $600 for 3-4 family members
Location: various home and community gardens in Vancouver
An 8 session program covering the fundamentals of growing food in partnership with nature.
For a detailed course outline and to register, contact Grant Watson: grant@nowbc.ca 604-872-4060.
Course Objectives:
Your Soil
* Develop a better understanding of the composition and processes within a garden soil, and how these impact its ability to produce various food crops: herbs and leafy greens, roots, vine fruit, bush fruit.
* Discover ways you can improve the health of your soil, and observe the impact on your plants.
Your Crops
* Learn how to determine which crops suit your growing conditions and your personality and taste.
* Experiment with various varieties and treatments, and document the results. (e.g.: direct seeding vs transplants, thinning to different spacings, amount of water.)
* Learn the recommended times of year for planting crops.
Controlling Weeds and Pests
* Create rules for deciding when its time to weed, and how to coordinate this with other gardening activities, and the weather.
* Discover through experimentation the benefits and risks of mulching with respect to pest and weed populations.
* Learn how to encourage beneficial predators to your garden, and determine if its working.
* Experiment with physical barriers, such as floating row cover.
This is a practical, hands on course. We will spend most of our time in the garden, experimenting with different techniques and theories. How does bed preparation effect the plants? Does green manure make a difference? What makes a good mulch? How do several varieties of the same plant compare? Which gardening tool works better for you? A take-home activity will be assigned each week.
Instructor
Grant Watson has been farming and gardening organically since 1993. He is a shareholder in Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-op, and former director of the BC Association of Regenerative Agriculture. He lead elementary school field trips at Glen Valley from 2002-05. Grant is also an organizer for the Vancouver Permaculture Network.
Contact Grant: grant@nowbc.ca 604-872-4060
Growing Food Naturally for Kids & Families
Dates: Sundays, Mar 26 – May 28 (excluding Apr 16 & May 21)
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Age Group: 7 and up
Children under 7 may attend for free if a parent is taking the course
Cost: $250 per person
Family Rate: $600 for 3-4 family members
Location: various home and community gardens in Vancouver
An 8 session program covering the fundamentals of growing food in partnership with nature.
For a detailed course outline and to register, contact Grant Watson: grant@nowbc.ca 604-872-4060.
Course Objectives:
Your Soil
* Develop a better understanding of the composition and processes within a garden soil, and how these impact its ability to produce various food crops: herbs and leafy greens, roots, vine fruit, bush fruit.
* Discover ways you can improve the health of your soil, and observe the impact on your plants.
Your Crops
* Learn how to determine which crops suit your growing conditions and your personality and taste.
* Experiment with various varieties and treatments, and document the results. (e.g.: direct seeding vs transplants, thinning to different spacings, amount of water.)
* Learn the recommended times of year for planting crops.
Controlling Weeds and Pests
* Create rules for deciding when its time to weed, and how to coordinate this with other gardening activities, and the weather.
* Discover through experimentation the benefits and risks of mulching with respect to pest and weed populations.
* Learn how to encourage beneficial predators to your garden, and determine if its working.
* Experiment with physical barriers, such as floating row cover.
This is a practical, hands on course. We will spend most of our time in the garden, experimenting with different techniques and theories. How does bed preparation effect the plants? Does green manure make a difference? What makes a good mulch? How do several varieties of the same plant compare? Which gardening tool works better for you? A take-home activity will be assigned each week.
Instructor
Grant Watson has been farming and gardening organically since 1993. He is a shareholder in Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-op, and former director of the BC Association of Regenerative Agriculture. He lead elementary school field trips at Glen Valley from 2002-05. Grant is also an organizer for the Vancouver Permaculture Network.
Contact Grant: grant@nowbc.ca 604-872-4060
