We welcome returns and donations of: 4″ Square pots (sometimes called 3.5″) Our waterproof plant labels. Gallon pots are nice but we don’t use them as much. These items can be dropped off at the Beban Learning Gardens entrance in front of the gate. Volunteers check daily for reusable pots. We don’t use other plant [Continue]

  With the publication of every City of Nanaimo Activity Guide, the Nanaimo Community Gardens Society offers a number of gardening workshops designed to help you increase your horticultural skills. This year we offer a number of new workshops. Check them out below and sign up on the city’s website Activity Guide (nanaimo.ca)  in the [Continue]

GLEANING ORIENTATION DATES 2025 Gleaning Program 2025 Since 1993, the Gleaning Program has been harvesting fruit and produce from gardens, farms and back yards in the Nanaimo region. This is among the longest running gleaning programs in the province and is very successful in terms of reducing food waste in the region.   New Gleaners: [Continue]

(Reposted with Corrections) This Thanksgiving we would like to send out a big thank you to Cinnabar Farms for the extremely generous donations they made in the Spring of 2024 of bulk manure and supplies for our transplant mix.  The products were primarily used in our gardens and greenhouse at Beban Learning Gardens.  We happily [Continue]

Have you collected and dried seed stalks this summer and now are trying to figure out how to extract and clean the seed? Or are you interested in seed saving/seed security, but not sure how to go about the actual process? Nanaimo Community Gardens Society volunteers are bringing the Farm Folk City Folk Seed Cleaning [Continue]

When:  Saturday, July 20, 10-2pm Where: Beban Learning Garden – Between the VIEX barns and the minigolf in Beban Park. This free event offers a blend of practical knowledge, hands-on demonstrations, sustainability and community-building activities, making it a must-attend for anyone passionate about gardening. Highlights include: – **Winter and Fall Vegetable Transplant Sale **: Vegetable [Continue]