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Small actions with big ripple effects were exempli Small actions with big ripple effects were exemplified at the burlap sack garden workshop at our neighbourhood community garden on June 5th. It downpoured a coastal torrent that day and was quite chilly for a “Junuary” afternoon but that didn’t stop 7 neighbours from creating 4 sack gardens plus 1 potato sack garden and even planted lettuce in a couple wooden posts! We filled our vertical sack gardens with various types of lettuce, marigolds, bok choi, colourful swiss chard, 3 types of kale, english cucumbers, black beauty zuchnini, basil, oregano, mint, nasturtiums, purple pole beans and garlic chives. Marie-Pierre (MP) returned later when it was a little less rainy and posted a sign that directs people to find out how to make their own sack. Our new collaborative project called tiny-gardens.org has various resources and videos on how to make your own burlap sack garden. We have just launched the website and still have to add more but this will get you well on your way to making your own sack garden. Thanks to @neighbourhoodsmallgrants MP was able to purchase supplies and support this important work. Many community members will benefit from the sack garden demonstration in front of Wall St. Communiyt Garden which is on a very busy street near Cambridge Park, a popular dog and hangout park. Refarmers and @vancouverurbanfoodforest helped get the word out about the workshop in the neighbourhood and facilitated MP’s trusty assistant and videographer Erin to come help out and document (video is in the making and will post soon). The food in the sacks will continue to grow well into next spring and is free for anybody to come harvest from. Once spring arrives, the bottom of the biodegradable sacks will have dinisntegrated and most veggies will be at the end of their life cycle so we will empty the sacks, use what’s left of it as mulch or compost it, recycle the soil into new sacks, add more compost and vermicompost (worm) juice, get some fresh sacks and start all over again! Hope you will join us next time!
We had our first sack garden workshop of the seaso We had our first sack garden workshop of the season! Growing our own food creates an interdependent network of community growers who usually love to share about their experiences especially when they grow an entire kitchen garden out of a burlap sack! It allows us the freedom of not depending on corporations to sell us our sustenance. Food sovereignty is being able to grow culturally appropriate food in small spaces or spaces otherwise not used for growing food enabling us to address our own nutrition security. While not having access to land for food growing denies people of a basic human right, growing food in a sack embodies food justice and the innate determination of getting back that right. . . . . . Thank you to Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations for stewarding this land for millennia so that we can share in its abundance and divinity. We are eternally grateful for your hospitality and generosity. Thank you to @hastingscomcentre for inviting us to facilitate this workshop and providing a healing space for the community. Thank you @palletcoffee for the endless supply of free sacks. Thank you @kimchee.theklown for sprinkling the photos with your magical presence behind and in front of the lens 💚
Our first in-person workshop in our Vancouver East Our first in-person workshop in our Vancouver East community was incredible! We had a beautiful time this week, facilitating a recycled pop bottle garden tower mini course while connecting with new and old friends. We spent the afternoon at Oxford Park with women from @aboriginalmothercentresociety and @indigenous_women_rise The park was full of energy as @indigenous_women_rise was celebrating their 40th anniversary with snacks, circles and singing with children running around and elders surrounding them. It was a perfect day! The workshop atmosphere was laid back as women trickled in at different times into the seated circle on the grass. There was lots of laughter and deep discussions. If you would like to learn how to make your own recycled pop bottle garden tower, you can check out our IGTV for a 9-minute tutorial!
Vertical gardens may not solve world hunger but gr Vertical gardens may not solve world hunger but growing edible plants from seed to food is a small step toward understanding our role in food justice and food sovereignty and addressing our own nutrition security. Join our Recycled Pop Bottle Garden Tower Workshop free of charge in person or on zoom on May 22nd from 12 - 2 PDT. Recycled Pop Bottle Garden Towers are a great way to vertically grow shallow rooted edible plants like herbs, lettuce, strawberries, chives and lots of other things without spending much time or money. They are ideal on balconies, against the side of a building, windowsills or the corner of a small garden where you need to save space. To sign up and find out more, click on the link in our bio and go to “Events” or go to refarmers.org/calendar/ What you’ll need to make your tower: * 1 - 10 recycled plastic 2 L bottles per tower (clear or coloured) * Potting soil & a bit of compost * 1 - 10 seedlings (herbs like chives, mint, basil, dill, cilantro, strawberries, boy choi, lettuce, salad greens, spinach, nasturtiums) * Water * 1 utility knife and/or scissors * Optional: small stones/gravel for drainage * bungee cord/rope to attach tower to something sturdy like a shelf, balcony railing, tree. Get creative! Thank you to @hastingscomcentre for providing the space and support for this fun and educational land-based learning experience!
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