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 transplants appropriate for fall or overwinter garden. Lots of advice on what to seed through the rest of the year.
– **Kids K-5 garden activities.
Free Demos and Workshops
– **Tool Sharpening and Care Workshops & Demos**: Learn how to keep your garden tools in top condition from experts.
– **Winter and Fall Gardening**: Tips for extending your gardening season through plant selection and timing.
Click here for Dorothee’s Fall/Winter Gardening Resources
**Garden Tool Selection**: Expert advice on choosing the right tools for various gardening tasks.
– **Winter Crop Protection Demos**: Practical demonstrations on protecting crops from winter weather.
– **Weeds and Their Past**: Understanding the history, identification and control of common garden weeds.
– **Garden Soil Improvement**: Strategies for enhancing soil health and fertility.
– ** Bring your own (manual) garden tools needing repairs to the event! Volunteer fellow gardeners will be available to coach you on basic repairs, as well as basics of daily sharpening, as we interpret it!
We’re also rolling out information on our new Garden and Gleaning Tool Library to be located at our Pine Street Garden! Check out our info booth!
We will be actively looking for donations of garden tools, fruit picking tools, fruit and vegetable processing equipment (dryers, grain mill, basket pickers, fancy hoes, pruners, shovels, rechargeable equipment, and more). Contact info@ncgs.ca for info on tools needed and process to donate.
We are thankful to the City of Nanaimo for their support in these Reduce/Reuse/Share tool sustainability projects.
Follow Nanaimo Community Gardens Society facebook page and this page for updates on this event and workshop schedule.