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Cinnabar Valley Farms Donation

(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]

Fall/Winter Vegetable Garden

After your Garlic is harvested, your Lettuce and Arugula bolted, and peas finished, is your garden looking a little on the empty side? Perfect! Because now is a great time to sow for late summer/fall/winter harvesting! At Beban Learning Gardens we still have fall/winter transplants available for sale – including some fantastic overwintering varieties of [Continue]

Winter Vegetable Gardening and Garden Tool Event!

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]

2024 Spring Fundraiser Plant Sales

This Saturday, May 25 is our 3rd and last big Spring weekend veggie plant sale for the 2024 spring season at BLG! (The next event will be a July 20 Fall/Winter Vegetable Extravaganza!) Come buy our gorgeous transplants and get great growing advice! After Tuesdays rain the ground will be nice and hydrated for you [Continue]

We need pots!

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]

Upcoming workshops

In cooperation with the city of Nanaimo, our society offers horticultural workshops year round. Check out the city’s spring/summer 2024 Activity Guide for registering for the following workshops (find listed at Adult – special interest workshops – gardening and horticulture), Youth are also welcome.   Garden Planning Basics Learn about how to choose from different [Continue]

Sea Soil donation helps us grow!

In late fall, we received a donation of Sea Soil and it will be used in the transplant mix used to start seedlings. Volunteers in the greenhouse have been working all winter, saving  and ordering seeds, sorting and counting pots, making and cleaning labels and creating lists and timelines for what to seed and when. [Continue]